Re: Einiosaurus

["Nicholas J. Pharris" <pharrinj@PLU.edu>]

On Fri, 26 Jan 1996, Dave Hardenbrook wrote:

> What is this _Einiosaurus_ being mentioned on the list?  It couldn't
> *POSSIBLY* be my "mystery ceratopsian" I asked about some months ago???
> 
> (Once again, my unknown dino has an gigantic "nose" horn whose base
> actually spans most of its face.  The creature was shown in one
> episode of the PBS series, "The Dinosaurs".  If it's any help, I can
> send someone a JPEG-ed still from the show...)
> 
>                              -- Dave

_Einiosaurus procurvicornis_ is the animal you may have seen illustrated 
as _Styracosaurus "makeli"_.  It has a short frill with two prominent, 
backwardly-directed spikes and a robust nose horn that curves forward and 
downward in mature adults.  It appears to have been an early stage in the 
evolution of _Pachyrhinosaurus_.

Nick Pharris
Pacific Lutheran University
Tacoma, WA 98447
(206)535-8204
PharriNJ@PLU.edu

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