Mating Injuries Reveal Female Dinosaurs
Traumatic bone injuries in the tails of duckbilled dinosaurs have led scientists to a significant discovery, enabling them to identify female dinosaur bones.
Palaeontologists have long struggled to distinguish between female and male dinosaurs. However, an international team of researchers, including those from Queen's, have made a breakthrough by analyzing the herbivorous hadrosaurs.
- Using statistics and computer simulation, they found a common pattern of bone fractures in the dinosaurs' tails.
- These fractures were likely caused during mating, where the male dinosaur crushed the backbones of the female.
The discovery was made possible by the work of Dr Filippo Bertozzo, who studied duckbill dinosaur pathologies for his PhD research at Queen's.
Author's summary: Scientists identify female dinosaurs through mating injuries.
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