(260108) -- BUDAPEST, Jan. 8, 2026 (Xinhua) -- Attila Osi, a paleontologist of Eotvos Lorand University (ELTE), introduces the research findings of the Ajkaceratops Kozmai skull fossils during a press conference in Budapest, Hungary, Jan. 7, 2026. Hungarian researchers have identified a new ceratopsian dinosaur skull fossil from western Hungary, providing the strongest evidence to date that horned dinosaurs lived in Europe during the Late Cretaceous period, scientists said on Wednesday.
The fossil, attributed to Ajkaceratops Kozmai, was unearthed at the Iharkut (central Hungary) fossil site in the Bakony Mountains and studied by an international research team led by Attila Osi. The research findings were published in the scientific journal Nature. (Photo by Attila Volgyi/Xinhua)
