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Re: Mystery Ceratopsian
>In the PBS series "The Dinosaurs" there is a scene where
>they show an animation of a strange ceratopsian a bit like
>Pachyrhinosaurus but with a single, huge horn nearly as
>massive as the rest of its head! I can find no reference
>to this creature in any book of dinosaurs, and I wondered
>if anyone knew what genus this dinosaur is?
That WAS Pachyrhinosaurus!
It is not at all certain if Pachyrhinosaurus had a bony boss on the snout,
or a whopping huge horn (like the largest of the rhinoceratids,
Elasmotherium).
Thomas R. Holtz, Jr. Phone: 703-648-5280
Vertebrate Paleontologist Fax: 703-648-5420
tholtz@geochange.er.usgs.gov ------------> th81@umail.umd.edu
U.S. Geological Survey -------------> University of Maryland
Branch of Paleontology & Stratigraphy ----> Department of Geology
MS 970 National Center
Reston, VA 22092 -------------> College Park, MD 20742
U.S.A.