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[Gaborn]

A new species of horned dinosaur known as Spinops sternbergorum has been discovered in the vaults of the Natural History Museum.

The remains of the herbivores, from the same family as the Triceratops, were excavated from a quarry alongside a large group of fossils in a so-called "bone bed" in Alberta, Canada in 1916.

But the bones were described as "rubbish" by the Museum's Keeper of Geology at the time, and lay unnoticed for almost 100 years before experts realised they belonged to an undescribed species.

They was rediscovered by a current group of researchers who decided to take another look at the fossils and realised that they were unlike any others known to science.

Dr Andrew Farke, who led the research team, said: "I knew right away that these fossils were something unusual, and it was very exciting to learn about their convoluted history.

"Here we have not just one, but multiple individuals of the same species, so we’re confident that it’s not just an odd example of a previously known species."

The find means that paleontologists will have to redefine how the horned dinosaur group, plant-eating dinosaurs sporting large horns and bony frills on their necks, are classified.

Dr Paul Barrett, the Natural History Museum's resident researcher, said: "This discovery is of particular importance as it has implications on the way we use the spines that extend from the bony neck frill, which may have been used for identification between individuals, in our classifications of these animals.

"These embellishments are central to determining relationships between the groups of horned dinosaurs and are a sign of evolutionary relatedness."

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[Tornado Condor]

Awesome

 

[Branduil]

More like a giant turkey.

 

[Al-ibn Kermit]

It's like a triceratops can-opener.

 

[Funky Papa]

Dude, that's just a Triceratops in drag.

 

[Apoc29]

They discovered it in a museum lol.

 

[Blue Ninja]

"Here we have not just one, but multiple individuals of the same species, so we’re confident that it’s not just an odd example of a previously known species."

That's what they said about Torosaurus.

 

[Buddha Beam]

Where's his feathers?

 

[Discotheque]

Dude, that's just a Triceratops in drag.

haha

 

[Slayven]

They discovered it in a museum lol.

During the early days of museums they received a lot of shit and only recently did they start going through it.


What happened to the theory that there was only one species of Triceratops and all the other fossils represented different periods in it's life?

 

[Gaborn]

Where's his feathers?

you know, I've honestly never seen an artist conception for a member of the triceratops family with feathers.

 

[Stet]

you know, I've honestly never seen an artist conception for a member of the triceratops family with feathers.

 

[RustyNails]

Just call it hornysaurus

 

[Gaborn]

so it was the precursor to mammoths. Makes sense.

 

[sixteen-bit]

that's fur.

 

[Funky Papa]

Somebody needs to go for broke and photoshop some classy lucite heels on that bitch.

 

[Socreges]

So, why add the blue? Just to make it appear different than the Triceratops?

 

[Edmond Dantès]

So, why add the blue? Just to make it appear different than the Triceratops?

Dinosaur artists pretty much have free will when creating their illustrations, there hasn't been nearly enough evidence discovered yet to help us deduce what kind of colouration dinosaurs really had.

 

[Lionel Mandrake]

More like a giant turkey.

 

[Anton Sugar]

I thought the blue maybe had something to do with the thin skin/veins in that area? Maybe?

 

[Demoncarnotaur]

I like it, it reminds me of a Pachyrhinosaurus, although they do look very different.

That's what they said about Torosaurus.

Eh.. Too be perfectly honest, I wonder if this will be disputed after further research from other parties.

 

[HeySeuss]

I wouldn't be surprised if they eventually come out and say that protocetatops, triceratops, and styracosaurus and this new one are all the same creature.

Kind of like how deer all have unique antlers, maybe this species horns and head fin all grow differently.

 

[Fuzzery]

Sounds like a pokemon.

 

[way more]

These images reinforce the idea to children that My Little Pony is an acceptable alternative to Dinoriders.

 

[Yo Gotti]

That's not badass.

 

[Kenka]

Next shining star in the upcoming Monster Hunter series.

 

[BGBW]

Aren't those two curled horn near the top a bit useless?

 

[Chuckie]

That's not badass.

Indeed. It looks like a weaksauce emo brother of the Triceratops.

 

[Criminal Upper]

That looks like the Triceratops's retarded cousin, that the big Triceratop's never invite when they go out for big bad-ass adventures.

The Ralph Wiggum of dinosaurs, if you will.

 

[Zaraki_Kenpachi]

Are they sure there are the two other horns that curl down towards the frill? What would be the point of it?

 

[Keylime]

What a shitty dinosaur. I'm glad it's fucking dead and extinct.

 

[Mr. Sam]

They was rediscovered.

Yes, they was.

 

[Cday]

Aren't those two curled horns near the top a bit useless?

That's what I thought. Could be vestigial.