Centrosaurus sentroh-SƆːRUHS
"pointed lizard"
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Centrosaurus 5.5 m (18 ft) long
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- Length
- 5.5 m (18 ft)
- Period
- Late Cretaceous (76.5–75.5 Mya)
- Place
- Canada
- Food
- Herbivore
Centrosaurus ( ; “pointed lizard”) is a genus of centrosaurine ceratopsid dinosaur from the Campanian age of the Late Cretaceous of Canada. Its remains have been found in the Dinosaur Park Formation, dating from 76.5 to 75.5 million years ago. The type and only species seen as valid today is Centrosaurus apertus.
What we know
- Named by Lambe 1904.
- Body length estimated at about 5.5 m.
- Fossils found in Canada.