Ajkaceratops
"horned face"
- Length
- 1 m (3.3 ft)
- Period
- Late Cretaceous (85 Mya)
- Place
- Europe · Asia
- Food
- Herbivore
- Clade
- Dinosauria The clade containing all dinosaurs, terrestrial archosaurs with upright limbs.
Ajkaceratops (pronounced “oi-ka-sera-tops”) is a genus of ceratopsian dinosaur described in 2010. It lived during the Late Cretaceous in the western Tethyan archipelago, in what is now Europe. The type species, A. kozmai, was originally described as a ceratopsian most closely related to forms in east Asia, from where its ancestors may have migrated by island-hopping. Later research, however, questioned this assignment and treated Ajkaceratops as an ornithischian of unresolved affinity. In 2026, more complete cranial remains referable to the species were described, supporting its placement as a ceratopsian.
What we know
- Named by Ősi et al., 2010.
- Body length estimated at about 1 m.
- Fossils found in Europe and Asia.
What we guess
The reconstruction notes for Ajkaceratops — soft tissue, color, behavior — haven't been written up yet. Only the recorded basics above are filled in so far.