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Torosaurus latus: a new specimen described

Started by sauroid, March 16, 2016, 12:38:25 PM

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sauroid

A New Specimen of the Controversial Chasmosaurine Torosaurus latus (Dinosauria: Ceratopsidae) from the Upper Cretaceous Hell Creek Formation of Montana

http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0151453
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suspsy

Too bad it doesn't put to rest the flimsy notion that Torosaurus is a mature Triceratops.
IMG_0123 by Suspsy Three, on Flickr

DinoLord

Quote from: suspsy on March 16, 2016, 12:42:20 PM
Too bad it doesn't put to rest the flimsy notion that Torosaurus is a mature Triceratops.

All we can hope is that a juvenile Torosaurus is found one of these days. The WWD-nostalgic in me still has hope.

suspsy

I've never bought into the notion in the first place.
IMG_0123 by Suspsy Three, on Flickr

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