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I have added the following to the sexual dimorphism wikipedia page: Sexual size dimorphism has been known to present itself in extinct species capable of sexual reproduction, such as the velociraptor. In the case of velociraptors, the sexual size dimorphism can be caused by two factors: Males competing for hunting ground to attract mates, and/or females competing for a nesting location for their offspring, while also competing for mates, since males were considered a scarce breeding resource.
You should move this to your species' talk page so more users can view and comment. Also, are there any popsci or online resources you could use for your article? Third, I only see three references here! Please add another one. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Evol&Glass (talk • contribs) 19:40, 21 September 2015 (UTC)
Andersson, M. and Norberg, R. Å. (1981), Evolution of reversed sexual size dimorphism and role partitioning among predatory birds, with a size scaling of flight performance. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 15: 105–130.
Olsen, P. D., & Olsen, J. (1987). Sexual size dimorphism in raptors: intrasexual competition in the larger sex for a scarce breeding resource, the smaller sex. Emu, 87(1), 59-62.
Paton, P. W., Messina, F. J., & Griffin, C. R. 1994. A phylogenetic approach to reversed size dimorphism in diurnal raptors. Oikos, 492-498.
Ydenberg, R. C., & Forbes, L. S. 1991. The survival-reproduction selection equilibrium and reversed size dimorphism in raptors. Oikos, 115-120.
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Leflame123, Overall your article was very well written, you did a great job of explaining the mechanisms of sexual dimorphism within your species as well as what could have caused it. The only thing I would bring to your attention would be to elaborate more on things like: "were subject to supplementary feeding between courtship feeding and nestling periods", specifically as to what those terms mean when used to describe the studies and how they were run. Great job! Weightedswim94 (talk) 15:11, 25 October 2015 (UTC)