A New Hadrosaur has been described as having distinctive nasal profile (Full Text); a hook-shaped projection of the nasal anteroventral process and dorsal projection of the posteroventral process of the premaxilla, and is further differentiated from other hadrosaurid species based on the morphology of the nasal.
The new dinosaur, named Rhinorex condrupus by paleontologists from North Carolina State University and Brigham Young University, lived in what is now Utah approximately 75 million years ago during the Late Cretaceous period.
Rhinorex, which translates roughly into “King Nose,” was a plant-eater and a close relative of other Cretaceous hadrosaurs like Parasaurolophus and Edmontosaurus. Hadrosaurs are usually identified by bony crests that extended from the skull, although Edmontosaurus doesn’t have such a hard crest (paleontologists have discovered that it had a fleshy crest). Rhinorex also lacks a crest on the top of its head; instead, this new dinosaur has a huge nose.
(Score: 3, Informative) by randmcnatt on Monday September 22 2014, @09:06PM
The Wright brothers were not the first to fly: they were the first to land.
(Score: 2) by c0lo on Monday September 22 2014, @09:57PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoFiw2jMy-0 https://soylentnews.org/~MichaelDavidCrawford
(Score: 2) by lhsi on Tuesday September 23 2014, @07:30AM
Yes, I think "Newly discovered" or "Newly defined" would have been more accurate here.
(Score: 2) by EvilJim on Monday September 22 2014, @11:09PM
Did it also hoard gold? or is that racist?