Stegosaurus chirality

Cameron, Robert P and Cameron, J.A. and Barnett, S. M. (2016) Stegosaurus chirality. Other. arXiv.org, Ithaca, N.Y.. (https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.1611.08760)

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Abstract

We explain that Stegosaurus exhibited exterior chirality and observe that the largest plate in particular of USNM 4394, USNM 4714, DMNS 2818 and NHMUK R36730 appears to have tilted to the right rather than to the left in each case. Several instances in which Stegosaurus specimens have been confused with their distinct, hypothetical mirror-image forms are highlighted. We believe our findings to be consistent with the hypothesis that Stegosaurus's plates acted primarily as display structures. A collection of more than one Stegosaurus might be referred to henceforth as a 'handful' of Stegosaurus.

  • Item type:Monograph(Other)
    ID code:87889
    Dates:
    Date
    Event
    26 November 2016
    Published
    Subjects:Science > Physics
    Department:Faculty of Science > Physics
    Depositing user: Pure Administrator
    Date deposited:24 Jan 2024 15:02
    Last modified:25 Apr 2024 01:40
    URI:https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/87889
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