article_snippet.sent: new research raises the prospect that the dinosaurs used new research giant bony protrusions, which could reach up to 2.5 feet, to attract a mate.
article_snippet.sent: Palaeontologists  say male stegosaurus could have used male stegosaurus to show off male stegosaurus prowess in much the same way as peacocks do today.
article_snippet.sent: A pair of turkey-sized ‘egg thief lizards’ dubbed Romeo and Juliet were found lying next to each other in a 75-million-year-old rock in the mid-90s, but it has taken until now for experts to determine the sex of the 'lovers'.
article_snippet.sent: Now, researchers believe researchers have come up with a way to tell fossils of small feathered male dinosaurs from those of females.
article_snippet.sent: researchers say that the key differences between the sexes lie in bones near the base of the tail.
article_snippet.sent: the researchers looked at indirect evidence of sexually dimorphic display structures, which are evident today in birds.
article_snippet.sent: They are almost always much larger in males who do the courting, than in females, who do the choosing.
article_snippet.sent: The team theorised that like birds, small feathered dinosaurs such as oviraptors used long feathers on their tails to attract mates, rather than for flying.
article_snippet.sent: Most dinosaur remains are difficult to determine the opposite sex but there are a few that have been found to exhibit differences between males and females.
article_snippet.sent: Sexual dimorphism is something we see a lot in modern animals, although it's not particularly prevalent in living reptiles or in living birds.'
highlights_snippet.sent: New research found the different shapes may distinguish male and females .
  