New Hypothesis: Triceratops Prehistoric Crocodile
media and Internet sites related to the theme, echoed the news that is surprising everyone in the world of paleontology, both professionals and amateurs. According to two scientists from Canada, John Scannella and Jack Horner, the Triceratops
never existed as a species, but a young stage of another dinosaur of the same family, the Torosaurus
.
The Torosaurus
and Triceratops
have many common features, both are ceratopsids have horns on their faces and a crest that cover their neck, but the crest of Triceratops
is solid and is finished by many little horns, while the Torosaurus
is smooth and hollow through the center, covered only cartilage. Furthermore, while the horns of Triceratops
are inclined upward, the Torosaurus
they are down and the horn of his nose is smaller than that of our beloved
Triceratops.
These scientists argue that only found skeletons of Triceratops
young, up about 2 years old, while the only
Torosaurus no skeletons adults over 2 years, which could mean the Triceratops
is only a young
Torosaurus , which suffer changes in its crest and horns as was growing.
Personally, I think that too many changes that should occur on the face of Triceratops
to end up being a Torosaurus
, and as we have no scientific evidence to the contrary, this theory must be present until proven otherwise. Let us hope that, over time, is a Triceratops skeleton
adult or a young Torosaurus and obsolete the news.
Here is the original source of news, and you can read more about in Castilian
here and here.
