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microrobert
06-05-2015, 12:08 PM
New species of dinosaur, the regaliceratops, discovered in Canada

Nicknamed Hellboy, the dinosaur had short horns over the eyes and a long nose horn, the opposite of the features sported by its close relative triceratops

http://i.guim.co.uk/static/w-700/h--/q-95/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2015/6/4/1433435115649/198df6b1-20cf-462b-8d67-f6c24ebd9e58-1020x612.jpeg

When fossil experts first clapped eyes on the skull, it was clearly from a strange, horned dinosaur. When they noticed how stunted the bony horns were, its nickname, Hellboy, was assured.

The near-complete skull of the 70 million-year-old beast was spotted by chance 10 years ago, protruding from a cliff that runs along the Oldman river south of Calgary in Alberta, Canada.

http://www.theguardian.com/science/2015/jun/04/new-species-of-dinosaur-the-regaliceratops-discovered-in-canada