Comments on: The Anatomy of Dinosaur Sex

By: Caroline

Caroline — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 16:00:59 +0000

Cute typo… according to the sixth paragraph, crocodiles are the “closet living relatives of dinosaurs.” But kidding aside, this is a great article. I’m going to catch up on the other ones and I’ll be checking out more of the blogs. Thank you for making this available.

By: Amber

Amber — Tue, 28 Feb 2012 06:39:43 +0000

William, I don’t believe in the Theory of Evolution, I accept it as correct, at least as correct as the Theory of Electromagnetism, or Germ Theory, or the Theory of Gravitation. What’s more, anyone who needs to type Theory in all caps more than likely has no idea what a Theory actually is.

By: James A. Stearns

James A. Stearns — Tue, 28 Feb 2012 05:37:18 +0000

Zhen: I believe the skeletons are BHI 3033 (“Stan”) on the receiving end and MOR 555 (the “Wankel Rex”) on the giving end.

While not the same skeleton, the two specimens are both placed within the gracile (male) morphotype, if one accepts that hypothesis.

Who wants to be the first to tell the museum that its tyrannosaurs are gay?

By: william corbett

william corbett — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 06:02:06 +0000

Another firm believer in the THEORY of evolution. And t-rex penis envy, to boot.

By: Henrique Niza

Henrique Niza — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 22:54:25 +0000

^ Lü, J. (2002). “A new oviraptorosaurid (Theropoda: Oviraptorosauria) from the Late Cretaceous of southern China.”

And if anyone is interested in watching Kenneth Carpenter talking about dinosaur sex take a look at the show “Tyrannosaurus Sex”.

By: Albertonykus

Albertonykus — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 11:23:56 +0000

There’s some talk that Heyuannia might preserve reproductive organs, but not having the original description I can’t verify if that’s published.

By: Zhen

Zhen — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 02:43:08 +0000

What were they thinking? I don’t want to sound prudish, cause I make dirty jokes too, but that is the last thing I would want to see 2 tyrannosaurs doing. Not to mention how are parents suppose to explain it to their kids when they ask about the 2 animals in this strange position?

What’s even more ironic is that those 2 skeletons are probably from the same animal… Can anyone confirm it?

By: BJ Nicholls

BJ Nicholls — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 21:25:39 +0000

Excellent series. In context, the Tyrannosaur mural painting appear to be grinning appropriately. I wonder if the male may have provided a nuptial gift, akin to the chocolates and roses so many of our species are exchanging today.