• Rhaedas@fedia.io
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      5 months ago

      That was news to me. The wiki for Torosaurus is a deep rabbit hole, and since fossilization is rare and we have to go with what little we can find, this will probably be a long debate either way.

      With that being said, whatever the name, three horn dino is best dino! And weird that the meme wouldn’t have one on there, since it has always been a well known dinosaur in movies and toys.

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      5 months ago

      I know it’s been debated back and forth with a lot of the ceratopsian dinosaurs. Torosaurus was the one they think/thought is the adult version of a triceratops. I’m not sure where the consensus stands now though.

      • Redjard@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        5 months ago

        Consensus is probably not.

        • We don’t have transition forms
        • We probably have young Torosaurs (which are not Triceratops)
        • Holes in the skull would have to form atypically late for ceratopsidae
        • some other stuff I forgot