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Albalophosaurus (AL-buh-LOAF-oh-SAWR-us; “white crest lizard”) is a genus of small, herbivorous cerapodan dinosaur that lived during the Early Cretaceous period, approximately 130 to 125 million years ago. Its fossils were discovered in central Japan, in the Kuwajima Formation. The name refers to “white crest” after the nearby snow-capped Mount Hakusan, and “saurus” meaning lizard. Albalophosaurus […]

Albertaceratops (al-BERT-uh-SARE-uh-tops; “Alberta horned face”) is a genus of centrosaurine ceratopsid dinosaur that lived during the Late Cretaceous period, around 77.5 million years ago. Its fossils were discovered in the Oldman Formation of Alberta, Canada, which inspired its name. Albertaceratops was first named and described by paleontologist Michael J. Ryan in 2007 based on a