Thread: Triceratops And Torsaurus Were Same Dinosaur At Different Stages

It’s not the first time in paleontology that a juvenile form is described as a separate species.

Triceratops and Torsaurus Were Same Dinosaur at Different Stages

(JULY 14, 2010) — Research by a Montana State University doctoral student and one of the nation's top paleontologists is upending more than 100 years of thought regarding the dinosaurs known as Triceratops and Torosaurus. Since the late 1800s, scientists have believed that Triceratops and Torosaurus were two different types of dinosaurs. (…)

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Study finds Triceratops, Torosaurus were different stages of one dinosaur


MSU finds Triceratops, Torosaurus were different stages of one dinosaur