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Re: PACHYRHINOSAUR LINEAGE
> That's _Einiosaurus_ -- _Einiosaurus procurvicornis_, to be exact.
> _Achelousaurus horneri_ has bosses like smaller versions of the ones in
> _Pachyrhinosaurus_ and is named after Achelous, a character in Greek
> mythology who turned himself into a bull and had one of his horns torn
> off (by Heracles?).
Thanks for the info. You're certainly up-to-scratch on your
classical mythology - yes, it was Heracles who ripped Achelous' horn
off. Achelous wasn't a very agreeable fellow.
At least two new tyrannosaurids were also found in the Two Medicine -
has anyone got around to naming these yet?
Tim