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A Late Cretaceous ceratopsian dinosaur from Europe with Asian affinities

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  • Attila Ősi

    (Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Hungarian Natural History Museum, Research Group for Paleontology, Ludovika tér 2, Budapest 1083, Hungary)

  • Richard J. Butler

    (Bayerische Staatssammlung für Paläontologie und Geologie, Richard-Wagner-Straße 10, Munich 80333, Germany)

  • David B. Weishampel

    (Center for Functional Anatomy and Evolution, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, USA)

Abstract

Horned dinosaurs in Europe The ceratopsians, or horned dinosaurs, were distinctive features of the fauna in the Late Cretaceous of East Asia and western North America, and are usually thought of as endemic to those areas. There have been hints that ceratopsians might have occurred elsewhere, but nothing definitive until now. The discovery of a new species of ceratopsian in what is now Hungary shows that Late Cretaceous biogeography still has surprises in store. Much of Europe at that time was an archipelago lying between the African and Eurasian land masses. Although poorly known, it could still yield insights into dinosaur biogeography.

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  • Attila Ősi & Richard J. Butler & David B. Weishampel, 2010. "A Late Cretaceous ceratopsian dinosaur from Europe with Asian affinities," Nature, Nature, vol. 465(7297), pages 466-468, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:465:y:2010:i:7297:d:10.1038_nature09019
    DOI: 10.1038/nature09019
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