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horned dinosaur
Mosaiceratops
Say it like this: “mo-ZAY-yih-SEH-ruh-tops”
Mosaiceratops azumai
Mosaiceratops ate plants and walked on two legs. It lived in the Late Cretaceous. Bones have been found in China.
- When
- Late Cretaceous (Turonian–Campanian) · roughly 93.9 to 72.2 million years ago
- Named in
- 2015 · Zheng, W.; Jin, X.; Xu, X.
- Hip height
- 0.3 m · 1 ft
- Length
- 1 m · 3 ft
- Weight
- 10 kg · 22 lb
- Found in
- China · Xiaguan
- Food and walking
- Herbivore · Two legs
- Kind
- horned dinosaur · Ceratopsian
- Family branch
- Neoceratopsia
The story in short
In 2015, W. Zheng and colleagues published the name Mosaiceratops. The name means “mosaic horned face.”
Fossils referred to Mosaiceratops date to the Late Cretaceous (Turonian–Campanian), roughly 93.9 to 72.2 million years ago. Finds come from China, including the Xiaguan Formation. It was a herbivore and walked on two legs.
Published estimates put Mosaiceratops at a length near 1 m, hips about 0.3 m high, and a body mass around 10 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