Albertaceratops Albertaceratops

"Alberta horned face"

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Albertaceratops 5.8 m (19 ft) long
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Length
5.8 m (19 ft)
Period
Late Cretaceous (77.5 Mya)
Place
Canada · Alberta, Canada
Food
Herbivore
Clade
Ceratopsidae Dinosauria Ornithischia Cerapoda Marginocephalia

Albertaceratops (meaning “Alberta horned face”) is a genus of centrosaurine horned dinosaur from the middle Campanian-age Upper Cretaceous Oldman Formation of Alberta, Canada.

What we know

  • Named by Ryan, 2007.
  • Body length estimated at about 5.8 m.
  • Fossils found in Canada and Alberta, Canada.