Serendipaceratops arthurcclarkei
"serendipitous horned face"
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Serendipaceratops 5 m (16.4 ft) long
as long as 3 people standing fingertip to fingertip
- Length
- 5 m (16.4 ft)
- Period
- Early Cretaceous (122.5–112 Mya)
- Place
- Australia
- Food
- Herbivore
- Clade
- Dinosauria The clade containing all dinosaurs, terrestrial archosaurs with upright limbs.
Serendipaceratops (meaning “serendipitous horned face”) is a genus of herbivorous ornithischian dinosaur, possibly an ankylosaur, from the early Cretaceous Period of Australia. The type species, S. arthurcclarkei, was named in 2003.
What we know
- Named by Rich and Vickers-Rich, 2003.
- Fossils found in Australia.
What we guess
The reconstruction notes for Serendipaceratops — soft tissue, color, behavior — haven't been written up yet. Only the recorded basics above are filled in so far.