Sawing Away a Sample of a <i>Stegosaurus</i> Plate for Thin Sectioning (IMAGE)

University of Bristol

Sawing Away a Sample of a <i>Stegosaurus</i> Plate for Thin Sectioning

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Evan Saitta, an M.Sc. student at the University of Bristol, sawing away a sample of a Stegosaurus plate for thin sectioning. Evan's recent study of the iconic dinosaur, published in PLOS ONE, provides the first convincing evidence for sexual differences in a species of dinosaur.

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The Judith River Dinosaur Institute

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Image is for single use only to illustrate pieces on the PLOS ONE article 'Evidence for Sexual Dimorphism in the Plated Dinosaur Stegosaurus mjosi (Ornithischia, Stegosauria) from the Morrison Formation (Upper Jurassic) of Western USA' by Evan Saitta and is not to be archived. Please credit the copyright holder: The Judith River Dinosaur Institute.

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