New horned dinosaur announced nearly 100 years after discovery
Tuesday, December 6, 2011 - 13:30
in Paleontology & Archaeology
A new species of horned dinosaur was just announced by an international team of scientists, nearly 100 years after the initial discovery of the fossil. The animal, named Spinops sternbergorum, lived approximately 76 million years ago in southern Alberta, Canada. Spinops was a plant-eater that weighed around two tons when alive, a smaller cousin of Triceratops.