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horned dinosaur
Gryphoceratops
Say it like this: “GRIF-o-SEH-ruh-tops”
Gryphoceratops morrisoni
Gryphoceratops ate plants and walked on four legs. It lived in the Late Cretaceous. Bones have been found in Canada.
- When
- Late Cretaceous (Santonian) · roughly 85.7 to 83.6 million years ago
- Named in
- 2012 · Ryan, M. J.; Evans, D. C.; Currie, P. J.; Brown, C. M.; Brinkman, D.
- Hip height
- Not established
- Length
- Not established
- Weight
- Not established
- Found in
- Canada · Milk River
- Food and walking
- Herbivore · Four legs
- Kind
- horned dinosaur · Ceratopsian
- Family branch
- Leptoceratopsidae
The story in short
Gryphoceratops was formally named in 2012 by M. J. Ryan and colleagues. The name means “griffin horned face.”
Fossils referred to Gryphoceratops date to the Late Cretaceous (Santonian), roughly 85.7 to 83.6 million years ago. Finds come from Canada, including the Milk River Formation. It was a herbivore and walked on four legs.
The fossils of Gryphoceratops 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 Leptoceratopsidae, among the horned dinosaurs.