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over 5 years ago by Nick Garland

Triceratops relative Wendiceratops is all frills all the time

Wendiceratops becomes the second horned dinosaur unveiled this year. It is the oldest relative of Triceratops and the oldest dinosaur of its group with a big nose horn.

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over 5 years ago by Nick Garland

The punk rock dinosaur from Patagonia

Amargasaurus is the weirdest of the long-necked dinosaurs, and among the strangest of all dinosaurs. It had high rows of spines that projected from the top of its neck and back, the equivalent of a dino mohawk. Its bony mane would make the band members of The Misfits melt with jealousy.

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over 5 years ago by Nick Garland

Saber-toothed cat fangs: the fast and the furious

Paleontologists studying Smilodon fatalis, or the saber-toothed cat, have discovered that its dagger-like teeth grew at twice the rate of living big cats.

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over 5 years ago by Nick Garland

Tank worm with ‘superarmor’ found in China

On the scale from normal to weird, a little worm called Collinsium is off the charts. Hailing from the Cambrian Period of China, it joins a strange menagerie of sea life from long ago.

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over 5 years ago by Nick Garland

Grandfather of Brontosaurus found in South Africa

While not technically the grandfather of Brontosaurus, Sefapanosaurus becomes the newest dinosaur found in Africa. It is an ancestor of the well-known long-necked dinosaurs, the sauropods.

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Triceratops relative Wendiceratops is all frills all the time

The punk rock dinosaur from Patagonia

Saber-toothed cat fangs: the fast and the furious

Tank worm with ‘superarmor’ found in China

Grandfather of Brontosaurus found in South Africa