New Dinosaur Species Found In Utah Totally Looks Like A Cow
Nasutoceratops Lukas Panzarin Say hello to Nasutoceratops! Holy cow! Scientists have announced the discovery of a new species of dinosaur, called Nasutoceratops titusi, and it's looking a little bovine. A University of Utah grad student discovered the first specimen in 2006 in the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument in the high desert of southern Utah. At 15 feet long and 2.5 tons, the quadrupedal herbivore belonged to a family called ceratopsids, a group of dinos from the Late Cretaceous period that had beaks, horns and frills, like the Triceratops. Nasutoceratops' unusually elongated, forward-facing horns likely served as a sign of dominance and, if necessary, weapons in the competition for mates. Aside from its cow horns, Nasutoceratops is notable for its giant schnoz. Even among generally big-nosed ceratopsids, Nasutoceratops stands out: its name means "big-nosed horned face." It probably wasn't much of a sensitive sniffer, though. "The jumbo-sized schnoz of Nasutoceratops...