"Spectacular" Dinosaur Skull Returns to Origins

The Styracosaurus skull.
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A "spectacular", one-of-a-kind dinosaur skull is being moved back to where it was found in Alberta, Canada, and will be studied at the University of Alberta. The fossil once belonged to a Styracosaurus, a large herbivorous dinosaur that could reach lengths of five meters and weigh as much as three tons. The skull itself is two meters long. Paleontologists will be able to verify and compare other dinosaur specimens, such as Centrosaurus and Pachyrhinosaurus, to the Styracosaurus skull.

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