Bravoceratops

Say it like this: “BRAH-vo-SEH-ruh-tops”

Bravoceratops polyphemus

Bravoceratops 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 (Maastrichtian) · roughly 72.2 to 66 million years ago
Named in: 2013 · Wick, S. L.; Lehman, T. M.
Hip height: Not established
Length: Not established
Weight: Not established
Found in: the United States · Javelina
Food and walking: Herbivore · Four legs
Kind: horned dinosaur · Ceratopsian
Family branch: Chasmosaurinae

The story in short

In 2013, S. L. Wick and T. M. Lehman published the name Bravoceratops. The name means “wild horn-face.”

It lived in the Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian), roughly 72.2 to 66 million years ago. Finds come from the United States, including the Javelina Formation. It was a herbivore and walked on four legs.

The fossils of Bravoceratops are too incomplete for a responsible length, hip height, or weight, so those fields are left blank on purpose.

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