In the late Cretaceous period, a remarkable bloom of horned dinosaurs occurred along the coastal floodplains of western North America. Two different families – each with every conceivable combination of spikes, horns and fringes – spread across the landscape, using their headgear to signal friends and challenge rivals. Seventy-eight million years later, members of that … Read more
An artist’s impression of Lokiceratops as it would have looked 78 million years ago in the swamps of northern Montana, complete with two Probrachylophosauruses moving by in the background. Artwork by Fabrizio Lavezzi © Evolutionsmuseet, Knuthenborg June 20 (UPI) — US scientists on Thursday announced the discovery of a new species of horned dinosaur, which … Read more
Lokiceratops rangiformis lived about 78 million years ago, researchers said. June 20, 2024, 8:07 am ET • 6 minutes reading A new species of dinosaur with giant horns has been discovered that researchers say is the “largest and most graceful” of its kind ever found, according to a study published Thursday in the journal PeerJ. … Read more