“The fossil record is incredible when it preserves things,” paleontologist Jack Horner said during his talk about dinosaurs and evolution the other night, “but it’s not a complete record.” Many of the ...
A Protoceratops skeleton with an associated track (outlined in a box near the hips). From Niedźwiedzki et al., 2011 Earlier this week I wrote about a herd of small sauropods that once walked along the ...
A nest containing the fossilized remains of 15 juvenile Protoceratops andrewsi dinosaurs from Mongolia has been described by a paleontologist, revealing new information about postnatal development and ...
Many dinosaurs had distinctive bony frills around their necks – the best-known being the Triceratops. It’s not a feature found in living animals today, and paleontologists have long debated what the ...
Finds from Mongolia add new information on dinosaur behaviour in Protoceratops For many years palaeontologists have accrued information about the behaviour and habits of the extinct dinosaurs. There ...
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. David Bressan is a geologist who covers curiosities about Earth. The theory suggests that fossils of Protoceratops – a species of ...
The horns, frills and crests of dinosaurs have helped cement their reputation as heavily armed, and armoured, beasts in the public imagination. But these eye-catching features may have in fact been ...
Many dinosaurs had distinctive bony frills around their necks – the best-known being the Triceratops. It’s not a feature found in living animals today, and paleontologists have long debated what the ...