Scientists have discovered a new, very cool-looking dinosaur.
The intricately horned beast is a relative of the famous Triceratops and has been named Lokiceratops rangiformis.
Back then, the area was thought to have primarily been swamps and floodplains.
A reconstruction of Lokiceratops surprised by a crocodilian in the 78-million-year-old swamps of northern Montana, USA.Illustration: Andrey Atuchin/Museum of Evolution in Maribo, Denmark.
Put the two together and L. rangiformis literally means: Lokis horned face that looks like a caribou.
But scientists believe that L. rangiformis belonged to a much more narrow niche of these dinosaurs.
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Reconstructions of all four centrosaurine dinosaurs that lived together in the Kennedy Coulee Assemblage of northern Montana and southern Alberta.Illustration: Fabrizio Lavezzi/Evolutionsmuseet, Knuthenborg
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