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horned dinosaur
Xenoceratops
Say it like this: “ZEE-no-SEH-ruh-tops”
Xenoceratops foremostensis
Xenoceratops 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.; Shepherd, K. M.
- Hip height
- 1.5 m · 5 ft
- Length
- 4.4 m · 14 ft
- Weight
- 1 tonnes
- Found in
- Canada · Foremost
- Food and walking
- Herbivore · Four legs
- Kind
- horned dinosaur · Ceratopsian
- Family branch
- Centrosaurinae
The story in short
In 2012, M. J. Ryan and colleagues published the name Xenoceratops. The name means “horned face.”
It lived in the Late Cretaceous (Campanian), roughly 83.6 to 72.2 million years ago. Finds come from Canada, including the Foremost Formation. It was a herbivore and walked on four legs.
Published estimates put Xenoceratops at a length near 4.4 m, hips about 1.5 m high, and a body mass around 1 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