Researchers discover big-nosed, horned-faced dinosaur in national monument in southern Utah
SALT LAKE CITY – Researchers in Salt Lake City say fossil-hunters unearthed the bones of a new type of big-nosed, horned-faced dinosaur in southern Utah.
The discovery of the creature named “Nasutoceratops titusi” was described Wednesday in the British scientific journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B and by officials at the National History Museum of Utah at the University of Utah.
The dinosaur was a wide-bodied plant-eater that grew to 15 feet (4.5 metres) long and weighed 2 1/2 tons (1.8 metric tons).
It’s unique for its oversized nose and exceptionally long, forward-pointing curved horns over the eyes.
It’s part of the same family as the well-known Triceratops.
The second part of the name recognizes paleontologist Alan Titus for his years of research work in the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument discovery area.
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