Buffalo-like dinosaur discovered palentolog Wednesday 17 July 2013
announced the discovery of a strange new type of dinosaur. Giant, dinosaur found it had a face like a buffalo.
Nasutoceratops named titusi, a new species of dinosaur lived during the Late Cretaceous, about 76 million years ago.
Nasutoceratops named titusi, a new species of dinosaur lived during the Late Cretaceous, about 76 million years ago.
Species are categorized as plant-eating horned dinosaurs (ceratops). However, compared to other ceratops, this dinosaur had some super things.
Based on the analysis of the fossilized skull was found, palentolog say that this dinosaur had a super muzzle, long horns and the like blades and tassels. The dinosaur body length up to 4 meters and weighs about 2.5 tons.
Typical, even though compared to other ceratops, N. titusi had a nose of extreme magnitude. Scientists do not know why these dinosaurs must have a nose for it.
"Big Nose at Nasutocetarops not function like odor sensitivity, because the smell receptors located in the back, adjacent to the brain," said Scott Sampson of the University of Utah that involved research.
"The function of this strange limb until now has not been clear," added Sampson, Reported by AFP, Day Wednesday 17 July 2013
While the function of the nose is not clear, Mark Loewen, Sampson colleagues, saying that this dinosaur horn is used to represent individual dominance or against another when needed.
N. titusi found in an area that now includes the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, plateau area with cliffs.
Fossil was first discovered in 2006 by a University of Utah graduate student, Eric Lund. Research on long enough until the new year can be identified.
Palentolog revealed, this discovery will remind an expected event occurred 27 million years ago in which the ice melted, spilled into North America form two plains.
The eastern plains are named Appalachia smentara one another in the western part stretches from Alaska to Mexico named Laramidia.
Laramadia later known as the center of the dinosaurs. Many dinosaurs lived in this region, including tyrannosaurus dinosaur, hadrosaur dinosaurs, dinosaurs and dinosaur troodoontids dromaeosaurids.
Form of N. titusi unusual show that species were adapted to the local habitat, called provincialism.
palentolog found, the number of dinosaur discoveries in the area of N. titusi saangat abundant. This raises questions for scientists.
"Palentolog still trying to figure out how diverse special-sized animals that can live in a narrow land," said Mark Loewen, another researcher.
N. name titusi means nosed or large-horned extreme. The species name is taken from the name of Alan Titus, palentolog in Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument Blog Dinocry
Based on the analysis of the fossilized skull was found, palentolog say that this dinosaur had a super muzzle, long horns and the like blades and tassels. The dinosaur body length up to 4 meters and weighs about 2.5 tons.
Typical, even though compared to other ceratops, N. titusi had a nose of extreme magnitude. Scientists do not know why these dinosaurs must have a nose for it.
"Big Nose at Nasutocetarops not function like odor sensitivity, because the smell receptors located in the back, adjacent to the brain," said Scott Sampson of the University of Utah that involved research.
"The function of this strange limb until now has not been clear," added Sampson, Reported by AFP, Day Wednesday 17 July 2013
While the function of the nose is not clear, Mark Loewen, Sampson colleagues, saying that this dinosaur horn is used to represent individual dominance or against another when needed.
N. titusi found in an area that now includes the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, plateau area with cliffs.
Fossil was first discovered in 2006 by a University of Utah graduate student, Eric Lund. Research on long enough until the new year can be identified.
Palentolog revealed, this discovery will remind an expected event occurred 27 million years ago in which the ice melted, spilled into North America form two plains.
The eastern plains are named Appalachia smentara one another in the western part stretches from Alaska to Mexico named Laramidia.
Laramadia later known as the center of the dinosaurs. Many dinosaurs lived in this region, including tyrannosaurus dinosaur, hadrosaur dinosaurs, dinosaurs and dinosaur troodoontids dromaeosaurids.
Form of N. titusi unusual show that species were adapted to the local habitat, called provincialism.
palentolog found, the number of dinosaur discoveries in the area of N. titusi saangat abundant. This raises questions for scientists.
"Palentolog still trying to figure out how diverse special-sized animals that can live in a narrow land," said Mark Loewen, another researcher.
N. name titusi means nosed or large-horned extreme. The species name is taken from the name of Alan Titus, palentolog in Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument Blog Dinocry
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