Avaceratops

Say it like this: “AY-va-SER-a-tops”

Avaceratops lammersi

Avaceratops ate plants and walked on four legs. It lived in the Late Cretaceous. Bones have been found in the United States.

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When: Late Cretaceous (Campanian) · roughly 83.6 to 72.2 million years ago
Named in: 1986 · Dodson, P.
Hip height: Not established
Length: 2.3 m · 8 ft
Weight: Not established
Found in: the United States · Judith River
Food and walking: Herbivore · Four legs
Kind: horned dinosaur · Ceratopsian
Family branch: Centrosaurinae

The story in short

Avaceratops was formally named in 1986 by P. Dodson. The name means “horned face.”

It lived in the Late Cretaceous (Campanian), roughly 83.6 to 72.2 million years ago. Finds come from the United States, including the Judith River Formation. It was a herbivore and walked on four legs.

Published estimates put Avaceratops at a length near 2.3 m.

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

Close relatives

Achelousaurus

Achelousaurus horneri

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

Albertaceratops

Albertaceratops nesmoi

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

Centrosaurus

Centrosaurus apertus

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