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Re: new boook on functional morphology
On Mon, 22 Jan 1996, Ronald Orenstein wrote:
> What, for instance, was something like Pachyrhinosaurus doing
> with its strange lump of a horn?
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> Ronald I. Orenstein Phone: (905) 820-7886 (home)
Good question! And is there anyone out there who knows much about
rhinoceros behavior - what is the primary employment of the rhino horn?
The only pachy skull I ever saw seemed to have a heavily-vascularized
horn lump, perhaps suggesting a since-lost overlay of horn of some
significance.
Thanks.