Mating Injuries Lead Scientists to Identify Female Dinosaurs
Traumatic bone injuries in the tails of duckbilled dinosaurs have led scientists to a major discovery – they believe they can now identify the bones as female.
Palaeontologists have been trying to identify female and male dinosaurs for decades, but it is very difficult to determine.
Researchers at Queen's University have been working as part of an international team of palaeontologists to analyse one of the most successful groups of dinosaurs, the herbivorous hadrosaurs.
Using statistics and computer simulation, they have found that a common pattern of bone fractures at the dinosaurs' tail were likely caused during mating, where the male dinosaur crushed the backbones of the female.
Dr Filippo Bertozzo began studying duckbill dinosaur pathologies for his PhD research at Queen's.
Scientists can now identify female dinosaur bones due to mating injuries.
Author's summary: Researchers identify female dinosaurs through mating injuries.
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