New horned dinosaur reveals unique wing-shaped headgear | #Geology #GeologyPage Scientists have named a new species of horned dinosaur (ceratopsian) based on fossils collected from Montana in the United States and Alberta, Canada. Mercuriceratops (mer-cure-E-sare-ah-tops) gemini was approximately 6 meters (20 feet) long and weighed more than 2 tons. It lived about 77 million years ago during the Late Cretaceous Period. Research describing the new species is published online in the journal Naturwissenschaften. Read more : geologypage/2014/06/new-horned-dinosaur-reveals-unique-wing.html Geology Page geologypage
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