Dinosaur
bones were discovered near the Oldman River in Alberta, Canada in
2005. Paleontologists at Alberta’s Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology
have studied them. They were found to be part of the “Regaliceratops”
species, which means “royal horned face” in Latin, according to
Science Watch. And, the paleontologists recently found that this
is a new species and a cousin to the Triceratops. Triceratops was
a three- horned dinosaur.
It is known
that Regaliceratops lived 70 million years ago. Regaliceratops belonged
to the Chasmosaurine group of dinosaurs, which had a simple neck
frill. Compared with other dinosaurs, Regaliceratops had a bigger
and more elaborate neck frill. This frill had five large angled
plates stretching outward and also a spike on its nose.
It also had one long horn and two short ones near its nose and eyes.
People call it “Hellboy” because they think that the dinosaur looks
like the comic book and movie character, who also has horns.
Dinosaur
bones were discovered near the Oldman River in Alberta, Canada in
2005. Paleontologists at Alberta’s Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology
have studied them. They were found to be part of the “Regaliceratops”
species, which means “royal horned face” in Latin, according to
Science Watch. And, the paleontologists recently found that this
is a new species and a cousin to the Triceratops. Triceratops was
a three- horned dinosaur. 
It is known
that Regaliceratops lived 70 million years ago. Regaliceratops belonged
to the Chasmosaurine group of dinosaurs, which had a simple neck
frill. Compared with other dinosaurs, Regaliceratops had a bigger
and more elaborate neck frill. This frill had five large angled
plates stretching outward and also a spike on its nose.