http://gizmodo.com/5601514/the-triceratops-never-existed-it-was-actually-a-young-version-of-another-dinosaurFinding out Velociraptors are little chickens were bad enough. Now THE TRICERATOPS DOESN'T EVEN EXIST.
The other dinosaur is getting squished into Triceratops. The name is staying.
>triceratops>3 horns, herbivore, plated skull>torosaur>3 horns, herbivore, plated skullWHY PALEONTOLOGISTSWHY DON'T YOU HAVE ANYTHING BETTER TO ARGUE ABOUT
>>1772They have nothing better to do while they wait for new bones to be dug up. Also they're crazy good at identifying bones. One dude identified an entire new species based on the shape of a tooth he found at a Chinese medicine store.
oh cry some morearticle comments made me rage, fucking retards all up in this net
this doesn't crush the land before time. just reclassifies the triceratops's parents into Torosaurus.
This is a fascinating theory. What is there to be angry about here?It makes so much logical sense.
Torosaurus looks like a fucking triceratopsCan't tell them apart except that one is apparently much bigger, so just call the real one "triceraops"
>>1778The Torosaurus has a more ovular head plate. That's about the only difference.
At least it's not a brontosaurus.
I hope you aren't actually upset about this.Scientists learned something new. That's great.
>>1806>debate = discoveryTHIS IS WHAT KIDS ACTUALLY BELIEVE
>>1773Gigantopithecus?
>>1813Hory sheet! Its Bigfoot!
>>1778Compare the crest in the image in the link to this one.also whats next, styracosaurus is a baby triceratops?