Ceratosaurus was a theropod dinosaur in the Late Jurassic, around 150
million years ago. This genus was first described in 1884 by American
paleontologist Othniel Charles Marsh based on a nearly complete skeleton
discovered in Garden Park, Colorado, in rocks belonging to the Morrison
Formation. In 2000 and 2006, a partial specimen from the Lourinhã
Formation of Portugal was described, providing evidence for the presence
of the genus outside of North America. Ceratosaurus was a predator with
deep jaws supporting long, blade-like teeth. It had a prominent, ridge-
like horn on the midline of the snout and a pair of horns over the eyes.
The forelimbs were very short but remained fully functional, with four-
fingered hands. The tail was thick from top to bottom. It shared its
habitat with other large theropods including Torvosaurus and Allosaurus.
It may have hunted plant-eating dinosaurs or aquatic prey such as fish.
The nasal horn was probably used solely for display.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ceratosaurus>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1735:
The opera Ariodante by George Frideric Handel was first
performed in the Covent Garden Theatre, London.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ariodante>
1904:
Blackstone Library, the first branch of the Chicago Public
Library system, was dedicated.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackstone_Library>
1977:
Three bombs attributed to Armenian nationalists exploded across
Moscow, killing 7 people and injuring 37.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1977_Moscow_bombings>
2004:
RMS Queen Mary 2, at the time the longest, widest and tallest
passenger ship ever built, was christened by her namesake's
granddaughter, Queen Elizabeth II.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RMS_Queen_Mary_2>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
mind-boggling:
That causes the mind to boggle; that is beyond one's ability to
understand or figure out.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/mind-boggling>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
An ancient Chinese curse runs, "May you live in interesting
times." Since the fall of the Roman Empire, there has rarely been more
interesting times than these. Whenever history becomes unstable and
destinies hang in the balance, then magicians and messiahs appear
everywhere. Our own civilization has moved into an epoch of permanent
crisis and upheaval, and we are beset with a plague of wizards. They
serve an historic purpose, for whenever a society undergoes radical
change, alternative spiritualities proliferate, and from among these a
culture will select a new world view.
--Peter J. Carroll
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Peter_J._Carroll>
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