[Virginia-American]

Interesting dinosaur discovery from China.

Pachycephalosaurs and ceratopsians are two of the most specialized groups of dinosaurs, and Yinlong is a primitive transitional form with features that span the two groups. Yinlong is a ceratopsian, but it is very primitive and retains several features from the common ancestor ceratopsians shared with pachycephalosaurs, including features previously thought to be pachycephalosaur specializations.

Link to images

Link to PDF of the Royal Society paper.

[Virginia-American]

Just another transitional fossil ping.

[Coyoteman]

Cool! Good post.

[The Red Zone]

Hiding dragon?

Was it deeply buried or near the surface?

[gleeaikin]

I just hit the second link, but it said "File not Found" and it was at GW, not the Royal Society.

[muleskinner]

Waiting for the "Oh! It's from China, it must be a fake" and "This is not a transitional...were you there to SEE it? Well were ya?" crowd to chime in tomorrow. .

[Tzimisce]

for later

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

When monsters roamed the Earth!

[LiteKeeper]

YEC INTREP

[ahayes]

A bit late on this since I was out on vacation. Thanks for posting, I am fond of the triceratops and its relatives. Although I do bridle at the article describing them as "bone-headed." I'm sure they were quite intelligent and sensitive compared to many of their dinosaur peers.