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Ceratopsidae

Mercuriceratops

Generic ceratopsian body-plan outline
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Mercuriceratops 4 m (13.1 ft) long
as long as 3 people standing fingertip to fingertip
generic ceratopsian body plan, scaled to length — not a silhouette of Mercuriceratops
Length
4 m (13.1 ft)
Period
Late Cretaceous (77 Mya)
Place
United States · Canada · Alberta, Canada · Montana, USA
Food
Herbivore
Clade
Ceratopsidae Dinosauria Ornithischia Cerapoda Marginocephalia Big horned ceratopsians of the Late Cretaceous.

Mercuriceratops is an extinct genus of herbivorous chasmosaurine ceratopsid dinosaur known from the Late Cretaceous (Campanian stage) of Alberta, Canada and Montana, United States. It contains a single species, Mercuriceratops gemini.

What we know

  • Named by Ryan et al., 2014.
  • Body length estimated at about 4 m.
  • Fossils found in United States and Canada.

What we guess

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