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Ceratopsidae

Furcatoceratops elucidans

"forked horned face"

Generic ceratopsian body-plan outline
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Furcatoceratops 6 m (19.7 ft) long
as long as 4 people standing fingertip to fingertip
generic ceratopsian body plan, scaled to length — not a silhouette of Furcatoceratops
Length
6 m (19.7 ft)
Period
Late Cretaceous (75.9–75.3 Mya)
Place
Montana, USA
Food
Herbivore
Clade
Ceratopsidae Dinosauria Ornithischia Cerapoda Marginocephalia Big horned ceratopsians of the Late Cretaceous.

Furcatoceratops (meaning “forked horned face”) is a genus of centrosaurine ceratopsid dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous Judith River Formation of Montana. The type species is Furcatoceratops elucidans.

What we know

  • Named by Ishikawa et al., 2023.
  • Fossils found in Montana, USA.

What we guess

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