Fossil found in 1980s in Texas declared new genus, species

BIG BEND NATIONAL PARK, Texas (AP) — Experts say fossil remains discovered in the 1980s at the Big Bend National Park in southwest Texas have been identified as a new genus and species of duckbilled dinosaur.
The Journal of Systematic Paleontology announced the classification of the Aquilarhinus palimentus last week. It was named for its aquiline nose and shovel-shaped jaw.
Texas Tech University Professor Tom Lehman discovered the fossils. The bones were weathered and stuck together. Resea