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horned dinosaur · Doubtful name
Notoceratops
Say it like this: “not-o-SEH-ruh-tops”
Notoceratops bonarellii
Notoceratops ate plants and walked on two legs. It lived in the Late Cretaceous. Bones have been found in Argentina.
- When
- Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) · roughly 72.2 to 66 million years ago
- Named in
- 1919 · Tapia, A.
- Hip height
- Not established
- Length
- Not established
- Weight
- Not established
- Found in
- Argentina · Lago Colhué Huapi
- Food and walking
- Herbivore · Two legs
- Kind
- horned dinosaur · Ceratopsian
- Family branch
- Ceratopsia
The story in short
In 1919, A. Tapia published the name Notoceratops. The name means “southern horned face.”
It lived in the Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian), roughly 72.2 to 66 million years ago. Finds come from Argentina, including the Lago Colhué Huapi Formation. It was a herbivore and walked on two legs.
The fossils of Notoceratops 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 Ceratopsia, among the horned dinosaurs.
Close relatives
Ajkaceratops
Ajkaceratops kozmai
Late Cretaceous (Santonian) · roughly 85.7 to 83.6 million years ago
Craspedodon
Craspedodon lonzeensis
Late Cretaceous (Coniacian · Santonian) · roughly 89.8 to 83.6 million years ago
Dysganus
Dysganus encaustus
Late Cretaceous (Campanian) · roughly 83.6 to 72.2 million years ago