Re: footprints, stegos, triceratops

[gator@mail.utexas.edu (c. brochu)]

They MAY also have been used for mating battles, although the horns seem
>to come too close to eyes for my comfort. The horns would not interlock like
>they do on modern species of deer, etc.


I remember reading somewhere that a large percentage of ceratopsian frills
have healed wounds that are placed perfectly for them to have been
inflicted by the horns of the same species.


regards, chris



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