“As a primitive ceratopsian, it lacked the large horns ... An analysis of the fossils revealed that the newfound creature was incredibly small, weighing just 22 pounds and measuring around ...

KOBE—Fossils found in Hyogo Prefecture are of a new genus and species of primitive ceratopsian, a plant-eating beaked dinosaur from about 110 million years ago, researchers said. The research ...

Researchers found that the sense of smell in early-diverging ceratopsians was more sensitive ... and analyse brain cavities of dinosaur skull fossils, from which they could reconstruct brain ...

Soft tissue preservation in fossils does not seem to depend upon the species, age or burial environment of the fossils in question.