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horned dinosaur
Sinoceratops
Say it like this: “SIEN-o-SEH-ruh-tops”
Sinoceratops zhuchengensis
Sinoceratops ate plants and walked on four legs. It lived in the Late Cretaceous. Bones have been found in China.
- When
- Late Cretaceous (Campanian) · roughly 83.6 to 72.2 million years ago
- Named in
- 2010 · Xu, X.; Wang, K.; Zhao, X.; Li, D.
- Hip height
- 2.6 m · 9 ft
- Length
- 5 m · 16 ft
- Weight
- 2 tonnes
- Found in
- China · Hongtuya
- Food and walking
- Herbivore · Four legs
- Kind
- horned dinosaur · Ceratopsian
- Family branch
- Centrosaurinae
The story in short
Sinoceratops was formally named in 2010 by X. Xu and colleagues. The name means “chinese horned face.”
Fossils referred to Sinoceratops date to the Late Cretaceous (Campanian), roughly 83.6 to 72.2 million years ago. Finds come from China, including the Hongtuya Formation. It was a herbivore and walked on four legs.
Published estimates put Sinoceratops at a length near 5 m, hips about 2.6 m high, and a body mass around 2 tonnes.
On the family tree it sits in Centrosaurinae, among the horned dinosaurs.
Close relatives
Achelousaurus
Achelousaurus horneri
Late Cretaceous (Campanian) · roughly 83.6 to 72.2 million years ago
Albertaceratops
Albertaceratops nesmoi
Late Cretaceous (Campanian) · roughly 83.6 to 72.2 million years ago
Avaceratops
Avaceratops lammersi
Late Cretaceous (Campanian) · roughly 83.6 to 72.2 million years ago