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horned dinosaur
Utahceratops
Say it like this: “YOO-tah-SEH-ruh-tops”
Utahceratops gettyi
Utahceratops 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
- 2010 · Sampson, S. D.; Loewen, M. A.; Farke, A. A.; Roberts, E. M.; Forster, C. A.; Smith, J. A.; Titus, A. L.
- Hip height
- Not established
- Length
- 4.5–5 m · 15–16 ft
- Weight
- 2 tonnes
- Found in
- the United States · Kaiparowits
- Food and walking
- Herbivore · Four legs
- Kind
- horned dinosaur · Ceratopsian
- Family branch
- Chasmosaurinae
The story in short
Utahceratops was formally named in 2010 by S. D. Sampson and colleagues.
It lived in the Late Cretaceous (Campanian), roughly 83.6 to 72.2 million years ago. Finds come from the United States, including the Kaiparowits Formation. It was a herbivore and walked on four legs.
Published estimates put Utahceratops at a length near 4.5–5 m 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