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horned dinosaur
Spiclypeus
Say it like this: “spick-LIP-ee-us”
Spiclypeus shipporum
Spiclypeus ate plants and walked on four legs. It lived in the Late Cretaceous. Bones have been found in the United States.
- When
- Late Cretaceous (Campanian) · roughly 83.6 to 72.2 million years ago
- Named in
- 2016 · Mallon, J. C.; Ott, C. J.; Larson, P. L.; Iuliano, E. M.; Evans, D. C.
- Hip height
- 1.8 m · 6 ft
- Length
- 4.5–6 m · 15–20 ft
- Weight
- 3–4 tonnes
- Found in
- the United States · Judith River
- Food and walking
- Herbivore · Four legs
- Kind
- horned dinosaur · Ceratopsian
- Family branch
- Chasmosaurinae
The story in short
Spiclypeus was formally named in 2016 by J. C. Mallon and colleagues. The name means “spike shield.”
It lived in the Late Cretaceous (Campanian), roughly 83.6 to 72.2 million years ago. Finds come from the United States, including the Judith River Formation. It was a herbivore and walked on four legs.
Published estimates put Spiclypeus at a length near 4.5–6 m, hips about 1.8 m high, and a body mass around 3–4 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