Does mutual sexual selection explain the evolution of head crests in pterosaurs and dinosaurs?

Lethaia

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 139-156

  Hone, David W E ^a   Naish, Darren ^b   Cuthill, Innes C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRANIUM; DINOSAUR; FOSSIL RECORD; ORNAMENTATION; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; SEXUAL SELECTION;

AVES; DINOSAURIA; ORNITHISCHIA; ORNITHODIRA; PTEROSAURIA; SAURISCHIA;

EID: 84858281854     PISSN: 00241164     EISSN: 15023931     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1502-3931.2011.00300.x     Document Type: Review

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