Tag - Dinosaur Named After a Deity

New Dinosaur Named After a Deity Due to its Unique Headgear

Lokiceratops rangiformis is a distant cousin of the TriceratopsFabrizio Lavezza/The Museum of Evolution, Knuthenborg CC BY-NC-NDThe Natural History Museum of Utah has unveiled a previously undiscovered species of horned, herbivorous dinosaur, an ancestor of the Triceratops. Its distinctive and impressive headgear has led to it being named after a deity.Paleontologists discovered fragments of the dinosaur's...