Graciliceratops

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Graciliceratops mongoliensis

Graciliceratops ate plants and walked on two legs. It lived in the Late Cretaceous. Bones have been found in Mongolia.

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When: Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian–Santonian) · roughly 100.5 to 83.6 million years ago
Named in: 2000 · Sereno, P. C.
Hip height: Not established
Length: 0.6–2 m · 2–7 ft
Weight: 2–9 kg · 4–20 lb
Found in: Mongolia · Bayanshiree
Food and walking: Herbivore · Two legs
Kind: horned dinosaur · Ceratopsian
Family branch: Neoceratopsia

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Graciliceratops was formally named in 2000 by P. C. Sereno.

Fossils referred to Graciliceratops date to the Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian–Santonian), roughly 100.5 to 83.6 million years ago. Finds come from Mongolia, including the Bayanshiree Formation. It was a herbivore and walked on two legs.

Published estimates put Graciliceratops at a length near 0.6–2 m and a body mass around 2–9 kg.

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

Close relatives

Aquilops

Aquilops americanus

Early Cretaceous (Albian) · roughly 113.2 to 100.5 million years ago

Archaeoceratops

Archaeoceratops oshimai

Early Cretaceous (Aptian · Albian) · roughly 121.4 to 100.5 million years ago

Asiaceratops

Asiaceratops salsopaludalis

Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) · roughly 100.5 to 93.9 million years ago