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horned dinosaur
Unescoceratops
Say it like this: “oo-NESS-co-SEH-ruh-tops”
Unescoceratops koppelhusae
Unescoceratops ate plants and walked on four legs. It lived in the Late Cretaceous. Bones have been found in Canada.
- When
- Late Cretaceous (Campanian) · roughly 83.6 to 72.2 million years ago
- Named in
- 2012 · Ryan, M. J.; Evans, D. C.; Currie, P. J.; Brown, C. M.; Brinkman, D.
- Hip height
- Not established
- Length
- 1–2 m · 3–7 ft
- Weight
- 91 kg · 201 lb
- Found in
- Canada · Dinosaur Park
- Food and walking
- Herbivore · Four legs
- Kind
- horned dinosaur · Ceratopsian
- Family branch
- Leptoceratopsidae
The story in short
Unescoceratops was formally named in 2012 by M. J. Ryan and colleagues. The name honors a person tied to the fossil or its study.
Fossils referred to Unescoceratops date to the Late Cretaceous (Campanian), roughly 83.6 to 72.2 million years ago. Finds come from Canada, including the Dinosaur Park Formation. It was a herbivore and walked on four legs.
Published estimates put Unescoceratops at a length near 1–2 m and a body mass around 91 kg.
On the family tree it sits in Leptoceratopsidae, among the horned dinosaurs.