Why Did Ceratopsians Have Frills?
The Ceratopsian Frill Provided Protection for the Neck, Normally One of the Most Vulnerable Parts of the Body to Be Targeted by Predators. Horns on the Nose...
The ceratopsian frill provided protection for the neck, normally one of the most vulnerable parts of the body to be targeted by predators. Horns on the nose and brow were undoubtedly dangerous weapons when thrust into action by an angry ceratopsian.
Why do ceratopsians have frills?
Ceratopsians were ornithischians, or "bird-hipped" dinosaurs. ... The huge, heavy "frill" of ceratopsians such as Triceratops may have served as armor against the attacks of saurischian predators like Tyrannosaurus, which lived in the same time and place as Triceratops.
Why did dinosaurs have frills?
Temperature regulation? Or perhaps, like modern birds with colorful tail feathers, the dinosaurs evolved the frills to show off their fitness to potential mates and competitors, a process of sexual selection.
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