Einiosaurus Einiosaurus
"Etymology TBD"
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Einiosaurus 4.5 m (14.8 ft) long
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- Length
- 4.5 m (14.8 ft)
- Period
- Cretaceous (145–66 Mya)
- Place
- India · Montana, USA
- Food
- Herbivore
Einiosaurus is a genus of herbivorous centrosaurine ceratopsian dinosaur from the Upper Cretaceous (Campanian stage) of northwestern Montana. The name means ‘bison lizard’, in a combination of Blackfeet Indian eini and Latinized Ancient Greek sauros; the specific name (procurvicornis) means ‘with a forward-curving horn’ in Latin. Einiosaurus is medium-sized with an estimated body length at 4.5 m.
What we know
- Named by Sampson, 1995.
- Body length estimated at about 4.5 m.
- Fossils found in India and Montana, USA.