http://archosaurmusings.wordpress.com/2009/09/02/sexual-dimorphism-and-taxonomy/ Mon, 17 Jun 2013 06:59:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://archosaurmusings.wordpress.com/2009/09/02/sexual-dimorphism-and-taxonomy/#comment-2895 Thu, 03 Sep 2009 00:06:36 +0000 http://archosaurmusings.wordpress.com/?p=2339#comment-2895 I was going to mention that and for soem reason never got round to putting it in. Thanks for the reminder!

]]> http://archosaurmusings.wordpress.com/2009/09/02/sexual-dimorphism-and-taxonomy/#comment-2893 Wed, 02 Sep 2009 13:03:11 +0000 http://archosaurmusings.wordpress.com/?p=2339#comment-2893 Another problem facing the study of sexual dimorphism is the difficulty in demonstrating sympatry for alleged males and females. . .proper stratigraphic data are so rarely collected! The case of sexual dimorphism in Lambeosaurus and Corythosaurus is a great example – turns out the “males” and “females” of each genus never co-existed!

]]> http://archosaurmusings.wordpress.com/2009/09/02/sexual-dimorphism-and-taxonomy/#comment-2890 Wed, 02 Sep 2009 03:55:32 +0000 http://archosaurmusings.wordpress.com/?p=2339#comment-2890 Not that I could have done much but give it away since I was about 11 at the time… still, it’s the principle that counts.

]]> http://archosaurmusings.wordpress.com/2009/09/02/sexual-dimorphism-and-taxonomy/#comment-2889 Wed, 02 Sep 2009 03:53:24 +0000 http://archosaurmusings.wordpress.com/?p=2339#comment-2889 So, I just realized that a Tyrannosaurus femur section I was given by some friends about a decade ago has a ring of medullary tissue. That amuses me.

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