Posts Tagged ‘Mojoceratops’

Mojoceratops: New dinosaur species named for flamboyant frill

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 […]