[Rockhounds] A new herbivorous dinosaur with an oddly shaped nose from the Isle of Wight

Paul etchplain at att.net
Sun Nov 14 07:07:33 PST 2021


An overlooked fossil turned out to be a new herbivorous dinosaur with an 
oddly shaped nose
Brighstoneus simmondsi has a big lump around the nostrils, like a chunky 
alligator.
By Philip Kieffer, Popular Science, November 10, 2021
https://www.popsci.com/science/new-species-of-herbivorous-dinosaur-odd-nose/

The open access paper is:

Mcdonald, A.T., Barrett, P.M. and Chapman, S.D., 2010. A new basal 
iguanodont
(Dinosauria: Ornithischia) from the Wealden (Lower Cretaceous) of England.
Zootaxa, 2569(1), pp.1-43.
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14772019.2021.1978005
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/298503617_A_New_Basal_Iguanodont_Dinosauria_Ornithischia_From_The_Wealden_Lower_Cretaceous_Of_England

Yours,

Paul H.



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