Ladies and gentlemen, welcome Nasutoceratops to the fold:
This year's sensation from Utah might well be another ceratopsian, Nasutuceratops titusi,
known from an almost complete skull and an associated left forelimb, as
well as skull fragments from two other individuals. Some skin
impressions were also found with the forelimb. Nasutuceratops is still a nomen nudum
(“naked name”), meaning it has not been officially and formally
described in a published scientific journal yet. It has been named by
Eric Karl Lund (advisor: Scott Sampson) in his Master of Science Geology
thesis submitted to the faculty of the University of Utah in 2010. In a
comprehensive phylogenetical analysis, this short snouted long horned
centrosaurine ceratopsian was found to be closely related to the
contemporary Avaceratops lammersi from Montana.
Add to this the fact that there's new evidence that anyone trying to ride a T-Rex might've made a big mistake and the whole YEC "humans co-existed with dinosaurs!" idiot lobby might have to spend a whole thirty seconds or so wrestling with intellectual inadequacy issues before posting their next non-response to actual scientific research.
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