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Trilobite spines and beetle horns: sexual selection in the Palaeozoic?
Raphiophorid trilobites commonly bore median cephalic protuberances such as spines or bulbs, showing a remarkable variety of form. It is unlikely that their primary function was for protection or in hydrodynamics. A case is made that they were secondary sexual features, by comparison with similar mo...
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The Royal Society
2005
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| Online Zugang: | https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1626209/ https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17148165 https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2005.0304 |
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