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| Tango01 | 01 Mar 2015 3:46 p.m. PST |
"The horned dinosaur (neoceratopsian) dates from the Early Cretaceous period in North America and has been named Aquilops americanus by scientists. The limited fossil record for neoceratopsian dinosaurs has hampered previous efforts to reconstruct the early evolution of this group in North America. But the skull found in Montana has revealed new insights into this group. The authors of the study, which is published in journal PLOS ONE, say it represents the first example of early North American neoceratopsian dinosaurs that they can identify to the species level. The dinosaur, whose name means "American eagle face", is housed at the Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History. It is distinguished by several features, including a strongly hooked rostral bone, or beak-like structure, and an elongated and sharply pointed cavity on the cheeks…"
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