Solving One of the Oldest Problems in Paleontology

Torosaurus vs. Triceratops, Stygimoloch and Dracorex vs. Pachycephalosaurus, Nanotyrannus vs. Tyrannosaurus rex... if you're a fan of paleontology, you know that one of the most difficult challenges paleontologists have faced is figuring out which small dinosaur fossils represent new species, and which are juveniles of species we already know. Last year, Dr. James Napoli and his postdoctoral advisor, Dr. Lindsay Zanno, proved to the world that Nanotyrannus was a valid species, and not the juvenile form of T. rex. It took a spectacular, 100% complete fossil to do it. Would we have ever figured it out, if the Dueling Dinosaurs specimen had never been found? Today, Dr. Napoli is proud to showcase the research that formed a chapter of his PhD thesis. The present is the key to the past, and from hundreds of hours of studying growth and development in modern alligators, he's figured out how to solve the ontogeny problem once and for all. READ THE PAPER HERE: https://www.cambridge.org/core/journa... PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/c/user?u=8691... ETSY: https://www.etsy.com/shop/SkeletonCre... REDBUBBLE: https://www.redbubble.com/people/skel...