08/02/2013

Meet Nasutoceratops: Big-Nose Horned Face

11:34 minutes

While digging in southern Utah, researchers unearthed a previously unknown relative of Triceratops: Nasutoceratops titusi, or “Big-Nose Horned Face.” Scott Sampson, a paleontologist on the team that discovered the dino, discusses a day in the life of this lumbering herbivore, and possible explanations for its oversized nose.

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Scott Sampson

Scott Sampson is vice president of research and collections at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science in Denver, Colorado.

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About Christopher Intagliata

Christopher Intagliata was Science Friday’s senior producer. He once served as a prop in an optical illusion and speaks passable Ira Flatowese.