A crushed fossil revealed a dinosaur that shouldn’t have existed

Inside a paleobiology lab lined with cabinets of ancient fossils, the Virginia Tech undergraduate held up a rough, pitted skull.

"This is a uniquely sucky specimen," said Srivastava. "It's so bad. Like, if you saw a human skull in this way, you'd throw up."

Despite its poor condition, the senior geosciences major spent two years carefully reconstructing the fossil and fi...