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horned dinosaur
Turanoceratops
Say it like this: “too-RAHN-o-SER-a-tops”
Turanoceratops tardabilis
Turanoceratops ate plants and walked on two legs. It lived in the Late Cretaceous. Bones have been found in Uzbekistan.
- When
- Late Cretaceous (Turonian) · roughly 93.9 to 89.8 million years ago
- Named in
- 1989 · Nessov, L. A.; Kaznyshkina, L. F.; Cherepanov, G. O.
- Hip height
- 0.9 m · 3 ft
- Length
- 2 m · 7 ft
- Weight
- 175 kg · 386 lb
- Found in
- Uzbekistan · Bissekty
- Food and walking
- Herbivore · Two legs
- Kind
- horned dinosaur · Ceratopsian
- Family branch
- Ceratopsoidea
The story in short
Turanoceratops was formally named in 1989 by L. A. Nessov and colleagues. The name means “horned face.”
Fossils referred to Turanoceratops date to the Late Cretaceous (Turonian), roughly 93.9 to 89.8 million years ago. Finds come from Uzbekistan, including the Bissekty Formation. It was a herbivore and walked on two legs.
Published estimates put Turanoceratops at a length near 2 m, hips about 0.9 m high, and a body mass around 175 kg.
On the family tree it sits in Ceratopsoidea, among the horned dinosaurs.