Images of the three-horned dinosaur Triceratops battling with conspecifics or the predatorTyrannosaurus have become ingrained in both the scientific and the popular mind. Lesions (wounded or diseased areas) on the horns, frill, and face of Triceratops specimens have been cited as evidence in support of the defensive and offensive nature of the animal’s cranial ornamentation . An alternative interpretation posits that […]
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Mojoceratops: New dinosaur species named for flamboyant frill
August 13th, 2012 Riffin
When Nicholas Longrich discovered a new dinosaur species with a heart-shaped frill on its head, he wanted to come up with a name just as flamboyant as the dinosaur’s appearance. Over a few beers with fellow paleontologists one night, he blurted out the first thing that came to mind: Mojoceratops. “It was just a joke, but […]