Estimated Dinosaur Behavior - 1886 Mesozoic era. Although they have been extinct for 65 million years and cannot be studied in their true form, scientists have been able to estimate many different behaviors of dinosaurs. This article will show that the in-depth study and examination of different types of body and trace fossils, as well as animal models, can be provided as evidence for estimating different types of behavior in dinosaurs. The different types of behaviors examined below will fall into the following categories: mating; reproduction and nesting; social life; locomotion; food; and fights. To begin with, extensive information gathered from fossils and compared to living animal models has been used to estimate mating behaviors. Display, communication, and the act of mating are estimated behaviors involved in the dinosaur mating process. The sexual behaviors of modern vertebrae are often used as a starting point for estimating that of dinosaurs. For example, most modern vertebrae go through a process of sexual selection when they choose their mate based on their preferred traits. This is demonstrated with the modern day peacock. The visual stimulus provided by the male with his tail feathers facilitates the process of sexual selection of the opposite sex. According to Martin, in this regard, ceratopsians have the most obvious sexual manifestations in the form of large and ornate shields with horns, knobs and bumps. While these body parts could certainly prove useful in fending off potential predators, it is more likely that they were used for: visual recognition within their species; buddy...... middle of article ......works: Biological Sciences Vol. 274 No. 1616 (2007): 1359-1360. Internet. April 5, 2014. Thuldorn, Tony. “Dinosaur Tracks.” Rev. by Andrew Cohen. PALAIOS Vol. 6 No. 2 (1991): 192-193. Internet. April 5, 2014.Varricchio, David J., Frankie Jackson and Clive N. Trueman. “A nesting trace with eggs for the Cretaceous theropod dinosaur Troodon formosus.” Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology Vol. 19 No. 1 (1999): 91-100. Internet. April 5, 2014. Williams, Vincent S. et al. “Quantitative analysis of dental microwear in hadrosaurid dinosaurs and implications for hypotheses about jaw mechanics and feeding.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America Vol. 106 No. 27 (2009): 11194-11199. Internet. April 5. 2014.

Essay / Estimated Dinosaur Behavior - 1886 Mesozoic era. Although they have been extinct for 65 million years and cannot be studied in their true form, scientists have been able to estimate many different behaviors of dinosaurs. This article will show that the in-depth study and examination of different types of body and trace fossils, as well as animal models, can be provided as evidence for estimating different types of behavior in dinosaurs. The different types of behaviors examined below will fall into the following categories: mating; reproduction and nesting; social life; locomotion; food; and fights. To begin with, extensive information gathered from fossils and compared to living animal models has been used to estimate mating behaviors. Display, communication, and the act of mating are estimated behaviors involved in the dinosaur mating process. The sexual behaviors of modern vertebrae are often used as a starting point for estimating that of dinosaurs. For example, most modern vertebrae go through a process of sexual selection when they choose their mate based on their preferred traits. This is demonstrated with the modern day peacock. The visual stimulus provided by the male with his tail feathers facilitates the process of sexual selection of the opposite sex. According to Martin, in this regard, ceratopsians have the most obvious sexual manifestations in the form of large and ornate shields with horns, knobs and bumps. While these body parts could certainly prove useful in fending off potential predators, it is more likely that they were used for: visual recognition within their species; buddy...... middle of article ......works: Biological Sciences Vol. 274 No. 1616 (2007): 1359-1360. Internet. April 5, 2014. Thuldorn, Tony. “Dinosaur Tracks.” Rev. by Andrew Cohen. PALAIOS Vol. 6 No. 2 (1991): 192-193. Internet. April 5, 2014.Varricchio, David J., Frankie Jackson and Clive N. Trueman. “A nesting trace with eggs for the Cretaceous theropod dinosaur Troodon formosus.” Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology Vol. 19 No. 1 (1999): 91-100. Internet. April 5, 2014. Williams, Vincent S. et al. “Quantitative analysis of dental microwear in hadrosaurid dinosaurs and implications for hypotheses about jaw mechanics and feeding.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America Vol. 106 No. 27 (2009): 11194-11199. Internet. April 5. 2014.

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