Scientists Get Drunk and Name a New Dinosaur
Even dinosaur nerds have a sense of humour. At least, when they are out drinking.
From xkcd
A new dinosaur discovery, published this past week in the Journal of Paleontology, led to the most difficult part of discovering a new dino friend: what to name it.
So, after a few rounds, some Yale grad students thought of a great one. You ready?
Yup, Mojoceratops perifania was first discovered in 2008 when a post-doctoral fellow at Yale University was rummaging through some old fossils at the American Museum of Natural History.
Skull of Mojoceratops
While looking through a pile of bones thought to belong to a dino named Chasmosaurus, he realized that the skulls looked a little weird. Then BAM! it hits him, a brand new dino species.
Mojoceratops used to live up near yours truly in Western Canada. I really need to go check out some of the dinosaur museums around here.
Also kind of makes me want to go rummaging through my old closet and see what cool stuff I can find there…
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