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Ceratopsidae

Ojoceratops

"Ojo Alamo horned face"

Generic ceratopsian body-plan outline
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Ojoceratops 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 Ojoceratops
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 Big horned ceratopsians of the Late Cretaceous.

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.

What we guess

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