Scientists digging in Mongolia’s Gobi Desert have discovered a new species of pachycephalosaur . Normally, a new species would be exciting news enough, but this fossil is reshaping what we know about the history of these dinosaurs. The rest of this article is behind a paywall. Please sign in or subscribe to access the full content.

Having lived around 108 million years ago, the new-to-science species has pushed back the emergence of these dinosaurs by almost 15 million years. On top of being the world’s oldest pachycephalosaur, the specimen is also one of the most complete we’ve ever found. Alright, overachiever.

This A+ student has been named Zavacephale rinpoche , combining the Tibetan word zava (which means root) and Latin word cephal (which means head). The latter part, rinpoch

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