Dog-Sized Dinosaur Said To Hail From 'Lost Continent' Of Appalachia
- 8 years ago
A small, horned dinosaur was recently described for the first time; leptoceratopsids is believed to emanate from present-day eastern North America.
Long gone, but still being discovered, dinosaurs have a way of holding our attention.
A recent addition comes from the so-called "lost continent" of Appalachia.
According to the University of Bath, the extinct reptile was a horned creature, said to be, "about the size of a large dog."
A smaller cousin to the Triceratops, it ate a plant-based diet and had a beak-like mouth.
Dr. Nick Longrich, who described the new dinosaur, noted, "It seems that animals in the eastern part of North America in the Late Cretaceous period evolve
Long gone, but still being discovered, dinosaurs have a way of holding our attention.
A recent addition comes from the so-called "lost continent" of Appalachia.
According to the University of Bath, the extinct reptile was a horned creature, said to be, "about the size of a large dog."
A smaller cousin to the Triceratops, it ate a plant-based diet and had a beak-like mouth.
Dr. Nick Longrich, who described the new dinosaur, noted, "It seems that animals in the eastern part of North America in the Late Cretaceous period evolve