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Museum IDs New Species of Dinosaur

Posted by Hemos on from the dinosuars-rock dept.

Uryugen writes "A new dinosaur species was a plant-eater with yard-long horns over its eyebrows, suggesting an evolutionary middle step between older dinosaurs with even larger horns and the small-horned creatures that followed, experts said. The dinosaur's horns, thick as a human arm, are like those of triceratops — which came 10 million years later. However, this animal belonged to a subfamily that usually had bony nubbins a few inches long above their eyes"

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  1. Oh no he didn't by dr_dank · · Score: -1, Troll

    Lo and behold, evolutionary theory actually works," he said.

    He should give it a spiffy name like JesusisLordatops to keep the army of fundies at bay.

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  2. Now with horns! by mastershake_phd · · Score: 0, Troll

    New bones found! Slightly different than other bones!

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  3. There's a word you don't hear every day ... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    a subfamily that usually had bony nubbins a few inches long above their eyes


    I think I'm going to add the phrase "bony nubbin" to my online dating profile ... then prepare for the flood of IMs and email.