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Ceratopsidae

Eotriceratops xerinsularis

"dawn three-horned face"

Generic ceratopsian body-plan outline
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Eotriceratops 3 m (9.8 ft) long
as long as 2 people standing fingertip to fingertip
generic ceratopsian body plan, scaled to length — not a silhouette of Eotriceratops
Length
3 m (9.8 ft)
Period
Late Cretaceous (68.8 Mya)
Place
North America
Food
Herbivore
Clade
Ceratopsidae Dinosauria Ornithischia Cerapoda Marginocephalia Big horned ceratopsians of the Late Cretaceous.

Eotriceratops (meaning “dawn three-horned face”) is a genus of herbivorous ceratopsian dinosaurs which lived in the area of North America during the late Cretaceous period. The only named species is Eotriceratops xerinsularis.

What we know

  • Named by Wu et al., 2006.
  • Body length estimated at about 3 m.
  • Fossils found in North America.

What we guess

The reconstruction notes for Eotriceratops — soft tissue, color, behavior — haven't been written up yet. Only the recorded basics above are filled in so far.