Amateur fossil collector finds new kind of horned dinosaur in remote Montana badlands

[TomSea]

Amateur fossil collector finds new kind of horned dinosaur in remote Montana badlands

Museum of Nature in Gatineau, Quebec. (Sean Kilpatrick/AP)
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Wednesday, May 18, 2016, 7:53 PM

BILLINGS, Mont. — A novice fossil collector’s lucky find in a remote Montana badlands more than a decade ago has turned out to be a new kind of spectacularly-horned dinosaur, researchers announced Wednesday.

The bones unearthed near Winifred, Montana represent a previously-unknown species of dinosaur that lived 76 million years ago.

It’s scientific name is Spiclypeus shipporum (spi-CLIP-ee-us ship-OR-um) but it’s been nicknamed “Judith,” after the Judith River rock formation where it was found in 2005 by retired nuclear physicist Bill Shipp.



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Big news in some places. Quite an interesting looking creature!

[Idaho_Cowboy]

Interesting. I just read about a new dino discovered in Utah. This continent used to have some bizarre critters on it.