Fossils of new species of horned dinos found in Utah
Scientists have unearthed two new species of giant plant-eating horned dinosaurs in southern Utah, US.
The creatures lived on the "lost continent" of Laramidia in the Late Cretaceous period, some 68 to 99 million years ago.
Laramidia was formed when a shallow sea flooded part of what is now North America and divided the continent in two.
The findings were published in the journal Plos One.
The scientists say the newly found dinos lived in the subtropical swampy environment.
They were close relatives of the dinosaur Triceratops, and belonged to the family known as ceratopsians. Ceratops means horned face in Greek.
'Giant rhino'
Although both species had a number of horns on their heads, the bigger one, dubbed Utahceratops gettyi, had a particularly large horn over the nose....
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The creatures lived on the "lost continent" of Laramidia in the Late Cretaceous period, some 68 to 99 million years ago.
Laramidia was formed when a shallow sea flooded part of what is now North America and divided the continent in two.
The findings were published in the journal Plos One.
The scientists say the newly found dinos lived in the subtropical swampy environment.
They were close relatives of the dinosaur Triceratops, and belonged to the family known as ceratopsians. Ceratops means horned face in Greek.
'Giant rhino'
Although both species had a number of horns on their heads, the bigger one, dubbed Utahceratops gettyi, had a particularly large horn over the nose....