Tag: torosaurus
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The Story of Tiny, Thornton Colorado’s Torosaurus
The city of Thornton in Colorado, just north of Denver, has a website about their very own Torosaurus. The website details the whole story, from discovery, to extraction, to display in the Denver Museum of Nature and Science, concluding with the legacy of the affair. There’s even a YouTube video with more explanation. Denver Triceratops…
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Torosaurus Discussion in MSM
Interesting letter written for NYTimes in response to article “Triceratops’ Quiet Cousin, the Torosaurus, Gains New Legitimacy” (March 6) … The study by Nicholas Longrich and Daniel Fields falls short because cranial fusion cannot be confirmed by simple observation. High-resolution computer tomography and comparative cranial histology are required. Dr. Longrich and Mr. Field leave out skulls…
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Torosaurus Challenge
Scientific American reports on one of the important papers presented at the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology: “A rare horned dinosaur known as Torosaurus may not be a distinct species after all, according to a presentation given Friday at the annual meeting of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology in Bristol, England….” Photo of Triceratops skeleton at…
