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In Tracy Ford's "How to Draw Dinosaurs" column in issue # 30
of _Prehistoric Times_ (the fifth anniversary issue), he talks about
protoceratop(s)ians. He describes the two genders of _Protoceratops_ that
have been found: males, with "a small bump on the nasals...and large wide
frill", and females, with "no bump and a smaller frill".
My question is this: while it does seem very likely that these
two morphs represent the two genders of _Protoceratops_, do we actually KNOW
which one is which? (i.e. Could the small-bump-and-large-wide-frill specimens
actually be the females?) Has anyone looked into chevrons at the base of
the tail, or anything like that, to try to determine the gender, like people
were doing for _Tyrannosaurus_?
Thanks. Peace on earth,
-Grant
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