How about a horny woman?
Posted on 12/18/2018 8:49:20 AM PST by ETL
A team of paleontologists recently announced the discovery of a new horned dinosaur — a "cousin" of the Triceratops — in southern Arizona.
The new species, Crittendenceratops krzyzanowskii, was named after the rock formation the fossils were buried under (Fort Crittenden Formation) as well as the late amateur scientist Stan Krzyzanowski, who first found the fossils.
The bones of the dinosaur were uncovered underneath 73-million-year-old rocks about 20 years ago southeast of Tucson, but a team from the New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science (NMMNH) recently studied the specimen and determined it was a new species. Their findings were published in NMMNH's bulletin. ..."
The dinosaur was likely 11 feet long and weighed around 1,500 pounds, researchers said. The Phoenix New Times compared the size of the creature to an elephant, explaining it's part of the Ceratopsidae family. ..."
"The significance of this discovery is that Crittendenceratops represents the youngest member of Nasutoceratopsini and that this group was still living in North America near the end of the Cretaceous," Dalman said. "It coexisted with two other groups of horned dinosaurs (ceratopsians): centrosaurs and chasmosaurs. It also shows that ceratopsian dinosaurs were highly diverse both morphological and taxonomical."
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Much better! :)
There’s nothing worse than a horny dinosaur.
*ping*
How about a horny woman?
Crittendenceratops krzyzanowskii...
Jeepers - this one REALLY needs a nickname!
“Crazytops”?
New? I thought they were all old and stuff.
a "cousin" of the Triceratops
Triceratops, eh? I tried ceratops once, tasted like chicken. And the container of slaw was *huge*. Thanks fieldmarshaldj.
“I think a lot of the ceratops in the picture are actually of the same species and just have a different amount of growth in their horns and neck ridge”
Yeah I have that theory as well. They seem rather quick to declare something a new species.
Drat those dinosaurs and their SUVs.
Quick, sign it up to vote rat.
Ya, we’re losing our rights and freedoms at a very accelerated rate, and they’re excited about a new dinosaur?
Dinosaurs on earth don’t impress me much anymore.
Show me Dinosaurs on a Spaceship and I’ll be impressed.
THERE YA GO!!
LOL
Land Of The Lost.
/no Sleestak skeletons have ever been found
I did my 7th Grade oral report on the Ceratopsians, replete with my own drawings. I was in nerd heaven. The class remained awake.
Yes, discovered years ago, but by an amatuer, so sat gathering dust until a professional needed another paper....and more grant money.
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