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ELI5: When paleontologists discover a new dinosaur skeleton, how exactly do they know if it's an entirely new species or if it falls under a known species category?
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I've kind of wondered this, because how do these scientists know that a certain discovered specimen doesn't have a physical disability (making it look very different from other members of its kind) and know that whatever physical skeleton differences they find are enough to warrant a new species or not?
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