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Leptoceratopsidae

Ischioceratops zhuchengensis

"ischium-horned face"

Generic ceratopsian body-plan outline
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Ischioceratops 2 m (6.6 ft) long
as long as 2 people standing fingertip to fingertip
generic ceratopsian body plan, scaled to length — not a silhouette of Ischioceratops
Length
2 m (6.6 ft)
Period
Late Cretaceous (77.3–73.5 Mya)
Place
North America · Asia · China
Food
Herbivore
Clade
Leptoceratopsidae

Ischioceratops (“ischium-horned face”) is an extinct genus of small herbivorous ceratopsian dinosaur that lived approximately 77.3-73.5 million years ago during the latter part of the Cretaceous Period in what is now China.

Ischioceratops was a small sized, moderately-built, ground-dwelling, quadrupedal herbivore, whose total body length has been estimated to be about 2 m. The ceratopsians were a group of dinosaurs with parrot-like beaks which fed on vegetation and thrived in North America and Asia during the Cretaceous Period, which ended approximately 66 million years ago, at which point they all became extinct. Its name means “ischium horned face”, referring to the peculiar shape of the ischiatic bones.

What we know

  • Named by He et al., 2015.
  • Body length estimated at about 2 m.
  • Fossils found in North America and Asia.

What we guess

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