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The female fossil partially prepared (A). After being fully prepared (B), the egg is clear to see (red circle)

It was the males which carried a crest, the latest research published in Science magazine suggests

12 posted on 02/01/2011 12:21:10 PM PST by null and void (We are now in day 742 of our national holiday from reality. - 0bama really isn't one of US.)
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To: null and void

Sure looks like the outline of a crest in those photographs. Maybe both male and female had crests? Or was this a male guarding the egg?

Ptero-papa.


23 posted on 02/01/2011 12:37:22 PM PST by MilicaBee
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