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Ceratopsidae

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Largest Dinosaur Bone Bed Ever Found, Found

by Susana Polo | 12:55 pm, June 19th

Paleontologists in Alberta have found a dinosaur bone bed covering an area of nearly one and a half square miles, making it the largest such bed ever discovered. It contains the remains of thousands of Centrosaurus apertus, a species whose closest famous relative is of course the Triceratops. Previous discoveries of these animals provided the first evidence that some dinosaurs lived in herds.

Now, based on the new bone bed, paleontologists are drawing new conclusions. First, that some ceratopsian herds may have been much larger that originally thought, with individuals numbering in the “high hundreds to low thousands.”

I’ll give you a moment to visualize a group of these 18-20 foot long animals of that size.

The other conclusion is that these sorts of bone beds were not created when centrosauri drowned while fording a river, but by a massive, deadly storm; ruining any hopes of a dinosaur themed Oregon Trail.

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Newly Found Dinosaur Named After Marvel’s Loki, Not the Norse God, Thanks Very Much

by Robert Quigley | 1:35 pm, May 28th

Medusaceratops lokii, the discovery of which was announced today, was a triceratops-like large dinosaur of the Ceratopsidae family; the Cleveland Plain-Dealer describes it as “the size of a large pickup,” at 20 feet long and two tons, with a “sharp, parrot-like beak” and a “spike-covered, 4-foot-wide frill.” It’s also pretty clear from the etymology of its name that Michael Ryan, the scientist who discovered it, is a pretty cool guy.

Sure, Medusa is a snake-haired mythological Gorgon and Loki is a Norse trickster-god, but Ryan had some rather more specific cultural references in mind when he picked the name.

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