Discovery of Lokiceratops rangiformis, a 11,000 pound dinosaur, is helping rewrite the story of dinosaur evolution.
Lokiceratops rangiformis gen. et sp. nov. from the Campanian Judith River Formation of Montana reveals rapid regional radiations and extreme endemism within centrosaurine dinosaurs Researchers announced the fossil of an herbivore dinosaur with one of the largest, most ornate “frills” on its skull and two blade-like horns protruding from it, in the scientific journalThe new fossil, excavated in northern Montana just a few miles from the U.S.
That analysis allowed the researchers to look at horned dinosaur evolution. Those ancient animals split into two groups — the centrosaurines and the chasmosaurines. “The centrosaurines demonstrate some of the greatest diversity of skull ornamentation, the 'peacocks of the Cretaceous' and are an important group for understanding ancient patterns of evolution in a hothouse world, a time when the tropics and subtropics extended much farther north,” saysshowy frills are related to both horned dinosaurs’ variety and rapid evolution.
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