Ajkaceratops

Say it like this: “OI-ka-SEH-ruh-tops”

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Ajkaceratops ate plants and walked on two legs. It lived in the Late Cretaceous. Bones have been found in Hungary.

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When: Late Cretaceous (Santonian) · roughly 85.7 to 83.6 million years ago
Named in: 2010 · Ősi, A.; Butler, R. J.; Weishampel, D. B.
Hip height: 0.3 m · 1 ft
Length: 1 m · 3 ft
Weight: 15 kg · 33 lb
Found in: Hungary · Csehbánya
Food and walking: Herbivore · Two legs
Kind: horned dinosaur · Ceratopsian
Family branch: Ceratopsia

The story in short

In 2010, A. Ősi and colleagues published the name Ajkaceratops. The name means “horned face.”

Fossils referred to Ajkaceratops date to the Late Cretaceous (Santonian), roughly 85.7 to 83.6 million years ago. Finds come from Hungary, including the Csehbánya Formation. It was a herbivore and walked on two legs.

Published estimates put Ajkaceratops at a length near 1 m, hips about 0.3 m high, and a body mass around 15 kg.

On the family tree it sits in Ceratopsia, among the horned dinosaurs.

Close relatives

Craspedodon

Craspedodon lonzeensis

Late Cretaceous (Coniacian · Santonian) · roughly 89.8 to 83.6 million years ago

Dysganus

Dysganus encaustus

Late Cretaceous (Campanian) · roughly 83.6 to 72.2 million years ago

Ferenceratops

Ferenceratops shqiperorum

Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) · roughly 72.2 to 66 million years ago