Lokiceratops, a ‘remarkable’ new dinosaur species, has been found in Montana, researchers say

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A new plant-eating dinosaur species described as "remarkable" and among the "largest and most ornate ever found" has been discovered during an excavation in northern Montana, researchers say. 

Lokiceratops rangiformis, whose discovery was first reported in the scientific journal PeerJ on Thursday, is now set to have a reconstruction of its skull go on display at the Natural History Museum of Utah. 

"The dinosaur, excavated from the badlands of northern Montana just a few miles from the USA-Canada border, is among the largest and most ornate ever found, with two huge blade-like horns on the back of its frill," the Museum said in a statement. 

"More than 78 million years ago, Lokiceratops inhabited the swamps and floodplains along the east...

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