Stegosaur plates and spikes for looks only, researchers say

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Drawing of a stegosaurus skeleton
The bizarre plates and spikes that lined the backbones of the long-extinct stegosaurs were probably extreme examples of the often elaborate and colorful displays developed by animals to recognize fellow members of their species, according to an international team of paleontologists.


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