ATTACK NEWS – Neoceratopsian is referred to as a species dinosaur oldest horned horn found in North America’s Monatana.
This horned dinosaur had a relatively small form the size of a crow in its ancient life.
Scientists have named the species dinosaur This first horn from the Early Cretaceous in North America was published in the journal PLOS ONE by Andrew Farke of the Raymond M. Alf Museum of Paleontology and colleagues on December 10, 2014.
Notes fossil limited to neoceratopsian or dinosaur horned horns from the Early Cretaceous in North America limit scientists’ ability to reconstruct the early evolution of this group.
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The authors of this study have found the skull dinosaur in Montana representing dinosaur the first horned from Early Cretaceous North America that they can identify at the species level.
The authors named dinosaur Aquilops americanus, which exhibits definitive neoceratopsian features and is closely related to similar species in Asia.
When it was alive, it was estimated to be about the size of a crow with a relatively small skull, measuring 84 mm in length.
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