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horned dinosaur
Koreaceratops
Say it like this: “ko-REE-uh-SERR-uh-tops”
Koreaceratops hwaseongensis
Koreaceratops ate plants and walked on four legs. It lived in the Early Cretaceous. Bones have been found in South Korea.
- When
- Early Cretaceous (Albian) · roughly 113.2 to 100.5 million years ago
- Named in
- 2011 · Lee, Y. N.; Ryan, M. J.; Kobayashi, Y.
- Hip height
- Not established
- Length
- 1.3 m · 4 ft
- Weight
- Not established
- Found in
- South Korea
- Food and walking
- Herbivore · Four legs
- Kind
- horned dinosaur · Ceratopsian
- Family branch
- Neoceratopsia
The story in short
In 2011, Y. N. Lee and colleagues published the name Koreaceratops. The name means “korean horned face.”
It lived in the Early Cretaceous (Albian), roughly 113.2 to 100.5 million years ago. Finds come from South Korea. It was a herbivore and walked on four legs.
Published estimates put Koreaceratops at a length near 1.3 m.
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