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Is Torosaurus Triceratops? Geometric Morphometric Evidence of Late Maastrichtian Ceratopsid Dinosaurs

BACKGROUND: Recent assessments of morphological changes in the frill during ontogeny hypothesized that the late Maastrichtian horned dinosaur Torosaurus represents the “old adult” of Triceratops, although acceptance of this finding has been disputed on several lines of evidence. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPA...

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Autores principales: Maiorino, Leonardo, Farke, Andrew A., Kotsakis, Tassos, Piras, Paolo
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3841114/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24303058
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0081608