A newly-unearthed dinosaur, Trierarchuncus prairiensis, had distinctive hooks for hands. T. prairiensis’s small, simple teeth suggest they once walked seas of grass, probably foraging for insects to eat, which they could dig up with help from their claws.
The name comes from ‘trierarch’, a seafaring ship’s captain in Greek, and 'uncus’ meaning hook in Latin, followed by “prairie.” So the dinosaur is 'Captain Hook of the Prairie.’ You have to love scientists with a sense of humor.
