A new dinosaur species has been identified thanks to its big honker of a dinosaur nose
A retired doctor discovered Brighstoneus simmondsi during lockdown
We can’t choose how we’ll be remembered long after we’re gone. This is as apparently true for dinosaurs as it is for humans if we go by the recent discovery of a new species of prehistoric beast whose legacy is a bunch of hairless apes giggling over the fact that it had an absolutely enormous nose.
Brighstoneus simmondsi was an herbivore that weighed roughly 900 kilograms (1,984 pounds) and was around eight meters (26 feet) long. These details, however, are uninteresting in comparison to its distinguishing feature: A face that The Guardian describes as being defined by its “extremely large nose.”
The dinosaur was discovered by Jeremy Lockwood, a retired GP who’s currently working toward a PhD at the University Of Portsmouth. Lockwood was cataloguing iguanodon bones excavated on the Isle Of Wight when “he discovered a specimen with a unique ‘bulbous’ nasal bone.”
