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Ceratopsid Dinosaur

A new genus and species of horned (ceratopsid) dinosaur has been identified from an incomplete skeleton found in New Mexico, the United States. Life reconstruction of Menefeeceratops sealeyi. Image credit: Sergey Krasovskiy. The newly-identified dinosaur species belongs to Centrosaurinae, a group of ceratopsid dinosaurs known primarily from the northern region …

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New Hermit Crab Discovered

Marine biologists from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette and the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History have described a new species of the hermit crab genus Cancellus from a deep bank in the northwestern Gulf of Mexico. Cancellus heatherae, female holotype, shield length – 4 mm: (A) habitus, dorsal; …

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Once Horned Dinosaurs

Two New Species from New Mexico Help Fill Gap in Evolution of Horned Dinosaurs Two new transitional species of plant-eating horned dinosaurs have been unearthed in New Mexico, the United States. Navajoceratops sullivani and Terminocavus sealeyi. Image credit: Ville Sinkkonen Denver Fowler. The newly-discovered dinosaurs roamed the Earth approximately 75 …

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