Crittendenceratops

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Crittendenceratops krzyzanowskii

Crittendenceratops 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: 2018 · Dalman, S. G.; Hodnett, J. P. M.; Lichtig, A. J.; Lucas, S. G.
Hip height: Not established
Length: 3.8 m · 12 ft
Weight: Not established
Found in: the United States · Fort Crittenden
Food and walking: Herbivore · Four legs
Kind: horned dinosaur · Ceratopsian
Family branch: Centrosaurinae

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The genus Crittendenceratops dates to 2018, the year S. G. Dalman and colleagues described it. The name means “horned face from the Fort Crittenden Formation.”

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

Published estimates put Crittendenceratops at a length near 3.8 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

Avaceratops

Avaceratops lammersi

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