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@doktrock@toad.social
2025-11-05 22:22:45

Not sure if Denver Fowler is on Mastodon. He posted a thread on this recent paper about dinosaur reproduction over on bsky. #fossilfriday

Denver Fowler Ph.D @denverfowler.bsky.social CLUMSY MALE DINOSAURS INJURED FEMALES DURING MATING: Our new paper (Filippo Bertozzo et al. 2025), shows that a common tail injury seen in duckbilled dinosaurs was probably caused by heavy male dinosaurs clumsily crushing the spines of females during mating. DECIPHERING CAUSES AND BEHAVIORS: A RECURRENT PATTERN OF TAIL INJURIES IN HADROSAURID DINOSAURS

Several diagrams illustrating the concept

@doktrock@toad.social
2025-12-08 13:19:47

Edmontosaurus #dinosaur fossil found in #NorthDakota to be researched at Winona State University, #Minnesota #FossilFriday