EUROPE: In a discovery almost 10 years in the making, paleontologists with the Royal Tyrrell Museum have now unveiled a new, never before seen dinosaur.
First found by a southeastern Alberta resident back in 2005, Regaliceratops peterhewsi, has been given the nickname ‘Hellboy’ in regard to the hellish conditions surrounding excavation and the hardness of the rock surrounding the find.
David Eggen, Alberta’s Minister of Culture and Tourism says the find is significant because it expands our knowledge and understanding of horned dinosaurs.
Regaliceratops grew to roughly the size of a large SUV, weighing about 1.5 tonnes. It had a large nose horn with smaller secondary horns above its eyes.
The most distinguishable characteristic was its large, jagged-edge, shield-like frill, the largest ever recorded among dinosaurs of its type.
Peter Hews, a geologist from Calgary, first spotted the fossil in 2005 when he spotted a piece of bone protruding from a cliff overlooking the Oldman River.
Royal Tyrrell Museum scientists Dr. Caleb Brown and Dr. Donald Henderson completed the research on the specimen, considered to be one of the most impressive finds since Triceratops.
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