Some paleontologists are rewriting the history of the dinosaur.
Experts have concluded that the Triceratops may have never
existed, according to the Montana State University News Service
and the Chicago Tribune. Since the 1800's, scientists have
believed that the Triceratops and the Torosaurus were two
separate dinosaurs, but now two researchers at Montana State
University have concluded that the Triceratops and the
Torosaurus were actually one in the same -- at different stages
of growth. Both dinosaurs had a three-horned skull but while the
Triceratops had a smaller frill, the Torosaurus had a larger
frill with two large holes in it. MSU paleontologists John
Scannella and Jack Horner noticed while considering more than
100 years of dinosaur research, that the remains of a young
Torosaurus had never been found. After participating in a
10-year study led by Horner, researchers concluded that the
Triceratops hadn't lived long enough to fully develop the frill
that would identify them as a Torosaurus. Horner an