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Re: FW: Concavenator corcovatus, a new humped carcharodontosaurid from Las Hoyas

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Subject: Re: FW: Concavenator corcovatus, a new humped carcharodontosaurid from Las Hoyas
From: Tim Williams <tijawi@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 15 Sep 2010 18:47:25 -0700 (PDT)
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Dann Pigdon <dannj@alphalink.com.au> wrote:

> 3) Elongated neural spines may have been just one type of
> display structure. Crests, frills, horns, 
> spikes and plates may have also been primarily for display
> purposes in some species.

Yep... and feathers too.

According to the hypothesis raised in the _Epidexipteryx_ paper, feathers were 
used for display *before* they were employed for aerodynamic purposes in 
maniraptoran evolution.  

Cheers

Tim

Cheers

Tim

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- Re: FW: Concavenator corcovatus, a new humped carcharodontosaurid from Las Hoyas
  - From: Dann Pigdon <dannj@alphalink.com.au>

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