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Ceratopsidae

Judiceratops tigris joodiː-SƐRUHTOPS

"Judith River horned face"

Generic ceratopsian body-plan outline
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Judiceratops 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 Judiceratops
Length
6 m (19.7 ft)
Period
Late Cretaceous (78–77.5 Mya)
Place
United States · Montana, USA
Food
Herbivore
Clade
Ceratopsidae Dinosauria Ornithischia Cerapoda Marginocephalia Big horned ceratopsians of the Late Cretaceous.

Judiceratops ( ; meaning “Judith River horned face”) is an extinct horned dinosaur. It lived around 78 million years ago, during the Late Cretaceous Period in what is now Montana, United States. Like other horned dinosaurs, Judiceratops was a large, quadrupedal herbivore. It is the oldest known chasmosaurine.

What we know

  • Named by Longrich, 2013.
  • Fossils found in United States and Montana, USA.

What we guess

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