A new species of dinosaur, Brontotholus harmoni, has been identified in Montana, according to researchers. This marks the first time a member of the pachycephalosauridae family of ornithischian dinosaurs, which were bipedal and dome-headed, has been found in the region. Five specimens have been identified so far, belonging to the Late Cretaceous period, around 75 million years ago.
Dinosaurs were first discovered in the 18th century. As our tools progressed, so, too, did our knowledge of the extinct species, proving them more intriguing than any science-fiction tale.
Paleontologists must painstakingly pore over fossilized dinosaur remains to determine how they might have appeared and behaved when alive, and their findings have some fascinating and slightly spooky implications for the future, too.
While the great and mysterious extinction of dinosaurs has rooted their species in history, their genes are finding a way into our future. Click through to read about where dinosaurs came from, how they lived, how they vanished, and what they've left behind.