Bony cranial ornamentation linked to rapid evolution of gigantic theropod dinosaurs

Many of the theropod dinosaurs, the group including Tyrannosaurus rex, had bony ornamentation on their skulls. Here, Gates et al. show that such ornaments are associated with greater body size and accelerated body size evolution in theropods; however, these relationships are absent in the maniraptor...

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Main Authors:	Terry A. Gates, Chris Organ, Lindsay E. Zanno
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Published:	Nature Portfolio 2016
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:41b48d3ada154ec5bf0f227415aebbe02021-12-02T14:40:15ZBony cranial ornamentation linked to rapid evolution of gigantic theropod dinosaurs10.1038/ncomms129312041-1723https://doaj.org/article/41b48d3ada154ec5bf0f227415aebbe02016-09-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms12931https://doaj.org/toc/2041-1723Many of the theropod dinosaurs, the group including Tyrannosaurus rex, had bony ornamentation on their skulls. Here, Gates et al. show that such ornaments are associated with greater body size and accelerated body size evolution in theropods; however, these relationships are absent in the maniraptoriform dinosaurs, which had evolved pennaceous feathers.Terry A. GatesChris OrganLindsay E. ZannoNature PortfolioarticleScienceQENNature Communications, Vol 7, Iss 1, Pp 1-10 (2016)
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description	Many of the theropod dinosaurs, the group including Tyrannosaurus rex, had bony ornamentation on their skulls. Here, Gates et al. show that such ornaments are associated with greater body size and accelerated body size evolution in theropods; however, these relationships are absent in the maniraptoriform dinosaurs, which had evolved pennaceous feathers.
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title	Bony cranial ornamentation linked to rapid evolution of gigantic theropod dinosaurs
title_short	Bony cranial ornamentation linked to rapid evolution of gigantic theropod dinosaurs
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Bony cranial ornamentation linked to rapid evolution of gigantic theropod dinosaurs

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