BBC News reports that scientists have unearthed two new species of giant plant-eating horned dinosaurs in southern Utah. The fossils were found in the desert landscape of Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument (GSENM). The creatures lived on the "lost continent" of Laramidia in the Late Cretaceous period, some 68 to 99 million years ago. Laramidia was formed when a shallow sea flooded part of what is now North America and divided the continent in two and was about the size of modern Australia. "They were close relatives of the dinosaur Triceratops, and belonged to the family known as ceratopsians. Ceratops means horned face." Check out the maps and photos in the article.
Source: BBC News
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