Thursday, September 23, 2010

DINOSAURS!

Two new species of dinosaurs were discovered in Utah. Both seem to be closely related to the triceratops. The discovery of the new plant-eating species — including Kosmoceratops richardsoni, considered the most ornate-headed dinosaur known to man — was reported Wednesday in the online scientific journal PLoS ONE, produced by the Public Library of Science. The other dinosaur, which has five horns and is the larger of the two, was dubbed Utahceratops gettyi. Paleontologists say the discovery shows that horned dinosaurs living on the same continent 76 million years ago evolved differently.

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