The discovery in Europe of fossils of a small horned dinosaur, a member of a group previously known only from Asia and North America, will prompt a rethink of biogeography at that time in the past.
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Xu, X. Horned dinosaurs venture abroad. Nature 465, 431–432 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1038/465431a
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