Indian team finds oldest-ever horned animals from dino-era
Scientists at the Kolkata-based Indian Statistical Institute have discovered 245 million-year-old fossils of horned reptiles, predating the first horned dinosaurs by over 100 million years. The reptile has been named 'Shringasaurus indicus', with Shringa being Sanskrit for horn, while indicus refers to India, the country of discovery. The long-necked herbivore is believed to be 3-4 metres long.