Bisticeratops

Say it like this: “BISS-tih-SEH-ruh-tops”

Bisticeratops froeseorum

Bisticeratops 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: 2022 · Dalman, S. G.; Jasinski, S. E.; Lucas, S. G.
Hip height: Not established
Length: 5 m · 16 ft
Weight: Not established
Found in: the United States · Kirtland
Food and walking: Herbivore · Four legs
Kind: horned dinosaur · Ceratopsian
Family branch: Chasmosaurinae

The story in short

Bisticeratops was formally named in 2022 by S. G. Dalman and colleagues. The name means “bisti/De-Na-Zin Wilderness horned face.”

Fossils referred to Bisticeratops date to the Late Cretaceous (Campanian), roughly 83.6 to 72.2 million years ago. Finds come from the United States, including the Kirtland Formation. It was a herbivore and walked on four legs.

Published estimates put Bisticeratops at a length near 5 m.

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

Close relatives

Agujaceratops

Agujaceratops mariscalensis

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

Anchiceratops

Anchiceratops ornatus

Late Cretaceous (Campanian · Maastrichtian) · roughly 83.6 to 66 million years ago

Arrhinoceratops

Arrhinoceratops brachyops

Late Cretaceous (Campanian · Maastrichtian) · roughly 83.6 to 66 million years ago