Because of its unusual horns, a new dinosaur species found in Utah has been named after a fearsome eponym: Cronus, the Greek god who castrated his father with a scythe.
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New Tyrannosaur Species, ‘King of Gore,’ Reveals Origins of T. Rex
The oldest known ancestor of Tyrannosaurus rex has been discovered in southern Utah, throwing light on the evolutionary history of the famous predator, and providing crucial clues to the puzzling…
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Baby Dinosaur With ‘Strange Headgear’ Discovered in Utah
A new fossil find may help demystify one of the strangest dinosaurs known to have roamed the ancient West — a duck-billed plant-eater with an unusual, hollow, tube-like crest sprouting…
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New Bull-Horned, Big-Nosed Ceratops Unearthed in Utah
In what’s shaping up to be the Summer of the Ceratopsid, paleontologists announced Wednesday that they had discovered yet another new species of horned dinosaur in the American West. And…
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