Fresh analysis of dinosaur skulls shows three 'species' are actually one

Saturday, August 10, 2013 - 06:30 in Paleontology & Archaeology

A new analysis of dinosaur fossils has revealed that a number of specimens of the genus Psittacosaurus -- once believed to represent three different species -- are all members of a single species. The differences among the fossil remains that led other scientists to label them as separate species in fact arose from how the animals were buried and compressed, the study found.

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