DinoFest: Page 2

Another large exhibit at DinoFest was a full-size Tyrannosaurus model and several casts of skulls from T. rex and other carnivorous dinosaurs.

5. A tyrannosaur skull. Big, bulky, and ugly.

6. Another theropod skull, almost the same size but not nearly as solid-looking.

Paleontologist John "Jack" Horner, who was at DinoFest, is famous for his dinosaur discoveries in western Montana. His first major find, and perhaps his most important, was the hadrosaur (duckbilled dinosaur) called Maiasaura peeblesorum. Maiasaura is important because Horner's finds include evidence that the babies stayed in the nest and were cared for by their parents. The Maiasaura digs are described in Horner's first book, DIGGING DINOSAURS.

7. A display of the skeletons of several baby maiasaurs mounted as if they were still in their nest, complete with broken eggshells.

In recent years, Horner moved on to other sites and made a string of new discoveries, all important but none quite so much as Maiasaura. One of his more recent finds is this fellow, a weird horned dinosaur called Einiosaurus. Horner discovered it in Montana a few years ago, in a dig described in his book DINOSAUR LIVES. The drooped nose horn and narrow frill mark Einiosaurus as one of the strangest horned dinosaurs known. It's thought to be related to a dinosaur called Styracosaurus.

8. Right-front view of an Einiosaurus skull, showing the bizarre frill spikes and bent nose horn.

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