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Ceratopsidae

Medusaceratops lokii

"horned-face"

Generic ceratopsian body-plan outline
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Medusaceratops 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 Medusaceratops
Length
6 m (19.7 ft)
Period
Late Cretaceous (77.5 Mya)
Place
United States · India · Montana, USA
Food
Herbivore
Clade
Ceratopsidae Dinosauria Ornithischia Cerapoda Marginocephalia Big horned ceratopsians of the Late Cretaceous.
Medusaceratops reconstruction by ABelov2014
Reconstruction · ABelov2014 (CC-BY)

Medusaceratops is an extinct genus of centrosaurine ceratopsian dinosaur known from the Late Cretaceous Judith River Formation (middle Campanian stage) of Montana, northern United States. It contains a single species, Medusaceratops lokii.

What we know

  • Named by Ryan, Russell & Hartman, 2010.
  • Fossils found in United States and India.

What we guess

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