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Old 08/06/2010, 07:40 pm   #12
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So, the Torosaurus never existed, eh?



http://io9.com/5606111/triceratops-c...y-to-its-bones

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Paleontologists Jack Horner and John Scannella published a paper this week in Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology that overturned long-held beliefs about the famous Triceratops and Torosaurus, both discovered in the late nineteenth century. Until recently, scientists believed they were related species, but Horner and Scannella took a hard look at the creatures' fossils and discovered they were in fact seeing the maturation phases of the same animal.
At least they kept the Triceratops name, I guess.
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