Discovered in the ancient sediments of Alberta, and named for a monstrous hero from ’90s comics, a strange new species of horned dinosaur is an object lesson in how appearances…
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New Species of Horned Dinosaur With Flashy, Butterfly-Shaped Frill Discovered in Montana
One of the most abundant and diverse families of dinosaurs from the Ancient West has a new member among its ranks. Two new specimens of ceratopsid, or horn-faced dinosaur, have…
Read MoreFeathers Were ‘Peculiar’ to Special Set of Dinosaurs, New Fossil Study Finds
Some of the Ancient West’s most distinctive and downright weird dinosaur species — from the famous Tyrannosaurus rex to the odd therizinosaurs — turn out to be members of an…
Read MoreNew 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…
Read More‘Ugly’ Teenage Ceratops Discovered in Alaska
A strange scene discovered on Alaska’s North Slope depicts the mass deaths of nearly a dozen unusual dinosaurs, according to paleontologists. The specimens are all ceratopsids — the group that…
Read MoreNew Big-Nosed Ceratops Discovered in Texas
Yet another new species of horn-faced, frill-fringed dinosaur known as a ceratopsid has been revealed in the American West, this time in the ancient sediments of Texas’ Big Bend National…
Read MoreTriceratops ‘Family’ Unearthed in Wyoming, Expert Says
In the northeastern corner of Wyoming, a paleontologist says he and his team have found the remains of what might be the first known Triceratops family. Not only would this…
Read MoreNew Horn-Faced Dinosaurs, Triceratops’ Oldest Relatives, Found in Montana
A group of horned dinosaurs, whose fossilized remains were discovered in Montana’s Judith River Basin, are the oldest known members of the family that includes the famous Triceratops, a new…
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