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horned dinosaur · Doubtful name
Microceratus
Say it like this: “mike-row-ker-ah-tuss”
Microceratus gobiensis
Microceratus ate plants and walked on two legs. It lived in the Late Cretaceous. Bones have been found in China.
- When
- Late Cretaceous (Santonian · Campanian) · roughly 85.7 to 72.2 million years ago
- Named in
- 2008 · Mateus, O.
- Hip height
- Not established
- Length
- 0.6 m · 2 ft
- Weight
- Not established
- Found in
- China · Ulansuhai
- Food and walking
- Herbivore · Two legs
- Kind
- horned dinosaur · Ceratopsian
- Family branch
- Neoceratopsia
The story in short
Microceratus was formally named in 2008 by O. Mateus.
It lived in the Late Cretaceous (Santonian · Campanian), roughly 85.7 to 72.2 million years ago. Finds come from China, including the Ulansuhai Formation. It was a herbivore and walked on two legs.
Published estimates put Microceratus at a length near 0.6 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