An intact skeleton of a Chasmosaurus belli youngster was unearthed in Alberta, Canada. This ceratopsid was 3 years old and just 1.5 meters long. It probably got drowned in a river and died. It shows no marks of bites or other signs of predation or scavenging acivity and is so well preserved that it is possible to see the impressions of this individual's scales.
With just the anterior limbs absent, this discovery will help paleontologists in understanding the growth rates of these species. The specimen found presents the same limb proportions of an adult animal, meaning that even as babies, there was no need for this dinos to run, once the adults were equally slow.
This species could weigh, when mature, 2 tonnes and have a length of 4-5 meters.
Adult skeleton of a Chasmosaurus belli
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