Findings on Fossil of 75 Million-Year-Old Baby Dinosaur Released

In 2010, scientists discovered the nearly-complete fossils of a juvenile Chasmosaurus in Dinosaur Provincial Park in Alberta, Canada. The Chasmosaurus is a relative of the most famous Triceratops.

Life reconstruction of the baby chasmosaur Michael Skrepnick

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“The back of the frill isn’t broad and squared off the same way that it is in an adult. In fact, the frill narrows towards the back,” Currie said. “It is very different than I expected.”

Scientists aren’t sure what purposes the frills serve, although some have speculated that it served to help ward off predators.