Introducing Animals

A new ankylosaur found in Utah had a surprisingly bumpy head

This species of armored dino looked more like its Asian ancestors

Akainacephalus johnsoni illustration

CRETACEOUS CRITTER  Meet Akainacephalus johnsoni, a newly discovered armored dinosaur species that roamed Utah more than 70 million years ago.

Andrey Atuchin/DMNS

By Cassie Martin

- More than 2 years ago

A newly identified dinosaur’s evolutionary origins are written all over its face.

Bony knobs studding the head and snout of Akainacephalus johnsoni, a type of armored dinosaur called an ankylosaurid, are similar to those of Asian ankylosaurids.