Triceratops relative reveals dino diversity

New species shows evidence of convergent evolution

relative of Triceratops illustration

UNEXPECTED DISCOVERY  Regaliceratops peterhewsi, a close relative of Triceratops, displayed the features of an earlier subfamily of horned dinosaurs. The species provides new insight into dinosaur evolution. 

Art by Julius T. Csotonyi, courtesy of Royal Tyrrell Museum/Drumheller, Alberta

One of science’s best-understood dinosaur groups was probably much more diverse than previously thought.