Regaliceratops

Say it like this: “ree-guh-li-seh-ruh-tops”

Regaliceratops peterhewsi

Regaliceratops ate plants and walked on four legs. It lived in the Late Cretaceous. Bones have been found in Canada.

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When: Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) · roughly 72.2 to 66 million years ago
Named in: 2015 · Brown, C. M.; Henderson, D. M.
Hip height: 1.6 m · 5 ft
Length: 5 m · 16 ft
Weight: 2 tonnes
Found in: Canada · St. Mary River
Food and walking: Herbivore · Four legs
Kind: horned dinosaur · Ceratopsian
Family branch: Chasmosaurinae

The story in short

In 2015, C. M. Brown and D. M. Henderson published the name Regaliceratops. The name means “royal horned face.”

It lived in the Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian), roughly 72.2 to 66 million years ago. Finds come from Canada, including the St. Mary River Formation. It was a herbivore and walked on four legs.

Published estimates put Regaliceratops at a length near 5 m, hips about 1.6 m high, and a body mass around 2 tonnes.

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