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Ceratopsidae

Lokiceratops rangiformis

"Loki horned face"

Generic ceratopsian body-plan outline
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Lokiceratops 6.7 m (22 ft) long
as long as 4 people standing fingertip to fingertip
generic ceratopsian body plan, scaled to length — not a silhouette of Lokiceratops
Length
6.7 m (22 ft)
Period
Late Cretaceous (78.1 Mya)
Place
North America · United States · Montana, USA
Food
Herbivore
Clade
Ceratopsidae Dinosauria Ornithischia Cerapoda Marginocephalia Big horned ceratopsians of the Late Cretaceous.
Lokiceratops reconstruction by Ddinodan
Reconstruction · Ddinodan (CC-BY)

Lokiceratops (meaning “Loki horned face”) is an extinct genus of centrosaurine ceratopsian dinosaurs from the Late Cretaceous (Campanian) Judith River Formation of Montana, United States. The genus contains a single species, L. rangiformis, known from most of the skull and a partial skeleton. Four other ceratopsians are known from the same stratigraphic interval as Lokiceratops—more than in any other locality—suggesting that this clade was very diverse during the Late Cretaceous of northern Laramidia.

What we know

  • Named by Loewen et al., 2024.
  • Body length estimated at about 6.7 m.
  • Fossils found in North America and United States.

What we guess

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