Saturday 28 May 2016

By accident, a new spiky dinosaur is discovered

Dr. Jordan Mallon palaeontologist with the Canadian Musuem of Nature stands with the reconstructed skull of Spiclypeus shipporum, a newly described species of horned dinosaur.At first glance, Judith, the plant-eating, horned dinosaur looks like a triceratops. But it's really not.
It's an altogether new species, and a dinosaur enthusiast literally stumbled upon it.
Researchers introduced the species, the Spiclypeus shipporum in the journal PLOS One.
Judith was named after the location where the fossils were found --- the Judith River Formation in Montana. Despite the name, scientists do not know if Judith was male or female-read more

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