Friday, December 11, 2015

The Giving of December. Magnirostris

 Magnirostris was a protoceratopsid dinosaur that would have been similar to the much more famous‭ ‬Protoceratops.‭ ‬Magnirostris was named after the unusually large beak that can be clearly appreciated in the holotype specimen.‭ ‬There has been suggestion that the Magnirostris holotype may in fact belong to the Bagaceratops genus.‭ ‬The thinking behind this is that the large form of the beak may simply be a product of the preservation process and was distorted as it was fossilised.

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