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Sexual Size Dimorphism (Ssd) Is The Most Consistent Explanation For The Body Size Spectrum Of Confuciusornis Sanctus, Winfried S. Peters, Dieter Stefan Peters
Sexual Size Dimorphism (Ssd) Is The Most Consistent Explanation For The Body Size Spectrum Of Confuciusornis Sanctus, Winfried S. Peters, Dieter Stefan Peters
Winfried S. Peters
This paper has no abstract; this is the first paragraph. Recently, we suggested that the size spectrum of Confuciusornis sanctus is best explained by sexual size dimorphism (SSD) and is compatible with a bird-like life history (Peters & Peters 2009). We find the criticism of Chiappe et al. (2010) interesting, but irrelevant to our main argument.