Explore the fascinating world of dinosaur paleontology in this Speaker Series lecture from the Royal Tyrrell Museum. Delve into Benjamin Borkovic's research on sexual dimorphism in dinosaur horns, focusing on Centrosaurus and Triceratops. Learn about the methods used to study sexual differences in modern animals like mountain goats, bison, and pronghorn, and how these techniques are applied to fossil specimens. Discover the challenges of determining age and sex in dinosaurs, and gain insights into the ontogeny and measurements of ceratopsian dinosaurs. Examine the results and conclusions drawn from this groundbreaking study, and understand the implications for our understanding of dinosaur biology and evolution.
Overview
Syllabus
Intro
What spurred this project?
Sex dim and selection in dinos
Defining sexual dimorphism
Strong evidence
Strong methods
Methods selected
Measurements - Mountain goats
Measurements - Bison
Measurements - Pronghorn
Ageing - Mountain goats
Ageing - Bison
Ageing-Pronghorn
Analyses IV
Ontogeny - Centrosaurus
Measurements - Centrosaurus
Selection of taxa - Triceratops
Ontogeny - Triceratops
Measurements - Triceratops
Results - Centrosaurus II
Conclusions - Centrosaurus II
Results - Triceratops II
Conclusions - Triceratops
Dimorphism vs. Monomorphism
Comparisons
Taught by
Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology
