dinosaur man Posted February 29, 2020 Share Posted February 29, 2020 (edited) Hi I’m wondering what Ceratosaurus and other horned Theropods used there horns for? I’ve heard it was display but I’ve also heard it was for pushing rivals. Is there any evidence for these? Thank you!! Edited February 29, 2020 by dinosaur man Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaimin013 Posted February 29, 2020 Share Posted February 29, 2020 I guess but of course I'm no expert like Carnotaurus distinctive horns may have been used in fighting conspecifics. According to separate studies, rivaling individuals may have combated each other with quick head blows, by slow pushes with the upper sides of their skulls, or by ramming each other head-on, using their horns as shock absorbers. I guess these would be good reads to start with https://www.jstor.org/stable/20627092?seq=1 https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1671/039.029.0313 https://www.researchgate.net/publication/228595371_On_the_palaeobiology_of_the_South_American_horned_theropod_Carnotaurus_sastrei_Bonaparte For horned Ceratopsian I think a good read may be the book "New Perspectives on Horned Dinosaurs: The Royal Tyrrell Museum Ceratopsian Symposium" There's also this: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0004252 The thermoregulatory functions of the Triceratops frill and horns: heat flow measured with oxygen isotopes 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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