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horned dinosaur [¦hȯrnd ′dīn·ə‚sȯr] (paleontology) Common name for extinct reptiles of the suborder Ceratopsia. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Past studies suggest that horned dinosaurs such as Triceratops and their relatives, a group known as ceratopsians, lived in herds and used the frills on their skulls and other ornamentations to identify members of their own species, as did many other dinosaurs (SN: 8/13/05, p. That allowed the rise of shorter, horned dinosaurs that fed on shrubs. CLEVELAND -- A new species of horned dinosaur that lived during the Late Cretaceous Period, about 76 million years ago, was found in a fossil bed at a prehistoric graveyard in the badlands of Alberta, Canada. |
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