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Rare Early Cretaceous Dome-Headed Dinosaur Fossil Discovered in Mongolia

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Source: Nature
Rare Early Cretaceous Dome-Headed Dinosaur Fossil Discovered in Mongolia
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A new species of domed pachycephalosaur from the early Cretaceous of Mongolia has been described, with detailed fossil data, phylogenetic analyses, and registration in ZooBank, shedding light on dinosaur diversity and skull morphology.

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  1. A domed pachycephalosaur from the early Cretaceous of Mongolia  Nature
  2. ‘Shockingly Beautiful’ Fossil Reveals Oldest Dome-Headed Dinosaur  The New York Times
  3. Dome-headed dinosaurs are rare. Scientists just found the most remarkable one yet.  National Geographic
  4. Paleontologists discover earliest dome-headed dinosaur  ABC News
  5. Best fossil of a dome-headed dinosaur is unearthed in Mongolia  Reuters

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