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#New Dinosaur Species Found In Utah Totally Looks like A Cowholy cow! Scientists have announced the discovery of a new species of dinosaur called Nasutoceratops titusi and it's looking a little bovine. A University of Utah grad student discovered the first specimen in 2006 in the Grand Staircase-Escalante National monument in the high desert of southern Utah. At 15 feet long and 2. 5 tons the quadrupedal herbivore belonged to a family called ceratopsids a group of dinos from the Late Cretaceous period that had beaks horns and frills like the Triceratops. Nasutoceratops'unusually elongated forward-facing horns likely served as a sign of dominance and if necessary weapons in the competition for mates. Aside from its cow horns Nasutoceratops is notable for its giant schnoz. Even among generally big-nosed ceratopsids Nasutoceratops stands out its name means big-nosed horned face. It probably wasn't much of a sensitive sniffer though. The jumbo-sized schnoz of Nasutoceratops likely had nothing to do with a heightened sense of smell --since olfactory receptors occur further back in the head adjacent to the brain --and the function of this bizarre feature remains uncertain explains Scott Sampson lead author of the study announcing the discovery in Proceedings of the Royal Society B. During the lifetime of Nasutoceratops around 76 million years ago what is now Grand Staircase-Escalante National monument was a subtropical swampy section of Laramidia an island continent separated from the eastern part of North america by a seaway. The site is the last great largely unexplored dinosaur boneyard in the lower 48 states according to Sampson. More than a dozen dinosaurs have been dug up in the area in as many years. Welcome to the world big-nosed friend! Funny thing is they were probably smarter than cows. Yes...But what we really want to know is did it moo? I guess the herd mentality has been alive and well in Utah for a very long time. I wonder what it taste like. It would probably be better for you than eating beef. what if...this is the ancestor of the cow. Raptors became birds...these guys cows...othey got the short end of the evolutionary stick-lolcarter. I agree that Deborah`s c0mment is good on friday I got a gorgeous Cadillac sincee geting a check for $7338 this last month and-a little over $10000 lass-month. without a doubt this is the nicest work Ive had. I began this four months/ago and almost straight away got me over $70 per/hr. I use this website...zee44. comi bet no would dare to milk it lol l

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