Europe's 'Missing' Dinosaurs Found: Mistaken Identity Solved by New Study

• A new study reveals Europe hosted horned dinosaurs (ceratopsians), challenging previous assumptions.
• Scientists used advanced CT scanning to re-analyze European fossils, including Ajkaceratops from Hungary.
• Internal skull features of Ajkaceratops, like a sharp hooked beak and vaulted palate, confirmed its ceratopsian identity, previously mistaken for an iguanodontian.
• A Romanian specimen, now named Ferenceratops, was also reclassified as a horned dinosaur, suggesting many European fossils are misidentified.
• The findings rewrite Europe's dinosaur record, indicating more diverse Late Cretaceous ecosystems and the spread of ceratopsians via ancient island routes.

Why It Matters: Advanced imaging revealed Europe's 'missing' horned dinosaurs, rewriting the continent's ancient ecosystem history.