Amazing Horned Dinosaurs Unearthed on "Lost Continent"

Two remarkable new species of horned dinosaurs have been found in Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, southern Utah. The giant plant-eaters were inhabitants of the "lost continent" of Laramidia, formed when a shallow sea flooded the central region of North America, isolating the eastern and western portions of the continent for millions of years during the Late Cretaceous Period. The newly discovered dinosaurs, close relatives of the famous Triceratops, were announced today in PLoS ONE, the online open-access journal produced by the Public Library of Science.

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• Dinosaur
• Ceratops
• Kosmoceratops
• Utahceratops
• Dr. Scott
• Dr. Scott Sampson
• Utah Museum of Natural History

[rversetto]

Very cool info. I had no idea that giant body of water separated the US 75 Million Years Ago. Thanks for posting!

[iNinjeek]

:DD YAY ! SO AWESOME XD.

[gringomustache]

@karkovice10 actually kosmo means ornate and it is an ornately headed dinosaur

[plushman1919]

this video is very cool! I will reaserch this dinosaur like you did.

[koolfingaz]

Dinosaur train... gonna ride the dinosaur train....

[TriassicEvolution]

Lol, which dromneosaurids prey upon it? Because Kosmoceratops should spear them all!..........................

[karkovice10]

Ok. I know that the "Utahceratops" was so named because it was discovered in the state itself, but where did the name "Kosmoceratops" come from?

I know that "Kosmos" is the Greek word for "order". Does this mean that "kosmoceratops" means "ordered ceratops"? :/

[LootMaster510]

@2007excalibur2007 DITTO!!!!

[2007excalibur2007]

@LootMaster510 Nobody's too old to watch anything, IMO. :P

[MrBeesness]

Unbelievable. I love paleo, and watching this made me excited. Good luck with your search! If you find any suaropods, I would love to see it :D

[prehistoric28]

This is really cool. Was blown away when I found out someone is trying to create a PREHISTORIC CHANNEL. They launch Christmas day, and hope to grow into a tv channel one day.

[ZillaMech]

New discoveries ever year :)