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Named after the Norse god Loki, meet Lokiceratops, a new horned dinosaur species

Reconstruction of a Lokiceratops rangiformis being surprised by a crocodilian in the 78-million-year-old swamps that would have existed in what is now northern Montana. Andrey Atuchin/Museum of Evolution hide caption

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Named after the Norse god Loki, meet Lokiceratops, a new horned dinosaur species

A brand new species of ceratops, or horned dinosaur, was recently discovered in northern Montana. The dinosaur is called Lokiceratops rangiformis, after the Norse god Loki, and is believed to have lived roughly eighty million years ago. The bones of the plant-eating dinosaur were found on private land in an area well known for its large amount of fossils, and at first, researchers thought the bones belonged to another species of dinosaur!

Named after the Norse god Loki, meet Lokiceratops, a new horned dinosaur species

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This fossil of a mammal biting a dinosaur captures a death battle's final moments

Scientists have identified a fossil of an herbivorous dinosaur, Psittacosaurus, being bitten by a mammal, Repenomamus. Gang Han hide caption

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This fossil of a mammal biting a dinosaur captures a death battle's final moments

A 125-million-year-old fossil from the early Cretaceous shows the skeletons of a smaller mammal biting a larger horned dinosaur, suggesting a much more complex ancient food web.

This fossil of a mammal biting a dinosaur captures a death battle's final moments

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New Research Shows Dinosaurs Suffered From Malignant Cancer, Too

Scientists in Canada have diagnosed malignant cancer for the first time in a dinosaur, a Centrosaurus apertus from 76 to 77 million years ago. Sergey Krasovskiy/Stocktrek Images/Getty Images hide caption

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New Research Shows Dinosaurs Suffered From Malignant Cancer, Too

Scientists have identified an aggressive bone cancer — for the first time — in the fibula of a dinosaur that lived 76 to 77 million years ago. The diagnosis sheds new light on dinosaurs and disease.

New Research Shows Dinosaurs Suffered From Malignant Cancer, Too

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Scientists Discover One Of The Oldest Horned Dinosaurs

Life reconstruction of Wendiceratops pinhorn. Danielle Dufault/PLOS ONE hide caption

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Scientists Discover One Of The Oldest Horned Dinosaurs

The "new" dinosaur — named Wendiceratops pinhornensis — lived about 79 million years ago and helps scientists understand the early evolution of the family that includes Triceratops.

Scientists Discover One Of The Oldest Horned Dinosaurs

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