Ojoceratops Ojoceratops

"Ojo Alamo horned face"

You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Ojoceratops 6 m (19.7 ft) long
4 people holding hands
Length
6 m (19.7 ft)
Period
Late Cretaceous (66.5 Mya)
Place
North America · United States · Mexico · New Mexico, USA
Food
Herbivore
Clade
Ceratopsidae Dinosauria Ornithischia Cerapoda Marginocephalia

Ojoceratops ( meaning “Ojo Alamo horned face”) is a genus of ceratopsian dinosaur which lived in what is now New Mexico, United States. Ojoceratops fossils have been recovered from strata of the Ojo Alamo Formation (Naashoibito Member), dating to the late Cretaceous period (late Maastrichtian age, 66 million years ago). The type species is Ojoceratops fowleri.

What we know

  • Named by Sullivan & Lucas, 2010.
  • Fossils found in North America and United States.