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horned dinosaur
Diabloceratops
Say it like this: “dy-AB-loh-SERR-uh-tops”
Diabloceratops eatoni
Diabloceratops ate plants and walked on four legs. It lived in the Late Cretaceous. Bones have been found in the United States.
- When
- Late Cretaceous (Campanian) · roughly 83.6 to 72.2 million years ago
- Named in
- 2010 · Kirkland, J. I.; DeBlieux, D. D.
- Hip height
- 1.3 m · 4 ft
- Length
- 4.5 m · 15 ft
- Weight
- 1.3 tonnes
- Found in
- the United States · Wahweap
- Food and walking
- Herbivore · Four legs
- Kind
- horned dinosaur · Ceratopsian
- Family branch
- Centrosaurinae
The story in short
The genus Diabloceratops dates to 2010, the year J. I. Kirkland and D. D. DeBlieux described it. The name means “devil-horned face.”
Fossils referred to Diabloceratops date to the Late Cretaceous (Campanian), roughly 83.6 to 72.2 million years ago. Finds come from the United States, including the Wahweap Formation. It was a herbivore and walked on four legs.
Published estimates put Diabloceratops at a length near 4.5 m, hips about 1.3 m high, and a body mass around 1.3 tonnes.
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