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Re: B. walkeri neural spines

Scott Hartman wrote-


> Although it's worth noting that the type of Baryonyx was a subadult, and
if the tall spines were used in
> sexual display rather than as humpbacks, they may not have developed until
sexual maturity was reached.

Then again, the holotype of Spinosaurus is supposed to be a subadult too,
and it had huge neural spines.

Mickey Mortimer
Undergraduate, Earth and Space Sciences
University of Washington
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