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Small horned dinosaur from China, a Triceratops relative, walked on two feet

With fossils from more than 80 individual dinosaurs, Auroraceratops rugosus, an early horned dinosaur described by a team led by Penn paleontologists, is one of the best represented dinosaur species ever found.
adult dinosaur with frill on skull characterized by penn paleontologists is standing on two legs and flanked by two smaller dinosaurs on the water's edge
An artist’s rendering of Auroraceratops shows its bipedal posture as well as the beak and frill that characterize it as a member of the horned dinosaurs. Paleontologists from Penn led a team in characterizing this species, discovered in China. (Illustration: Robert Walters)

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