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horned dinosaur
Judiceratops
Say it like this: “JOO-dee-SERR-uh-tops”
Judiceratops tigris
Judiceratops 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
- 2013 · Longrich, N. R.
- Hip height
- Not established
- Length
- 4 m · 13 ft
- Weight
- Not established
- Found in
- the United States · Judith River
- Food and walking
- Herbivore · Four legs
- Kind
- horned dinosaur · Ceratopsian
- Family branch
- Chasmosaurinae
The story in short
In 2013, N. R. Longrich published the name Judiceratops. The name means “judith River horned face.”
It lived in the Late Cretaceous (Campanian), roughly 83.6 to 72.2 million years ago. Finds come from the United States, including the Judith River Formation. It was a herbivore and walked on four legs.
Published estimates put Judiceratops at a length near 4 m.
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