Study shows huge armored dinosaurs battled overheating with nasal air-conditioning
Wednesday, December 19, 2018 - 14:10
in Paleontology & Archaeology
Being a gigantic dinosaur presented some challenges, such as overheating in the Cretaceous sun and frying your brain. Researchers from Ohio University and NYITCOM at Arkansas State show in a new article in PLOS ONE that the heavily armored, club-tailed ankylosaurs had a built-in air conditioner in their snouts.