Eotriceratops

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Eotriceratops xerinsularis

Eotriceratops ate plants and walked on four legs. It lived in the Late Cretaceous. Bones have been found in Canada.

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When: Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) · roughly 72.2 to 66 million years ago
Named in: 2007 · Wu, X. C.; Brinkman, D. B.; Eberth, D. A.; Braman, D. R.
Hip height: Not established
Length: 8.5–9 m · 28–30 ft
Weight: 11 tonnes
Found in: Canada · Horseshoe Canyon
Food and walking: Herbivore · Four legs
Kind: horned dinosaur · Ceratopsian
Family branch: Chasmosaurinae

The story in short

The genus Eotriceratops dates to 2007, the year X. C. Wu and colleagues described it.

Fossils referred to Eotriceratops date to the Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian), roughly 72.2 to 66 million years ago. Finds come from Canada, including the Horseshoe Canyon Formation. It was a herbivore and walked on four legs.

Published estimates put Eotriceratops at a length near 8.5–9 m and a body mass around 11 tonnes.

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