Spiclypeus shipporum Spiclypeus

"spike shield"

You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Spiclypeus 6 m (19.7 ft) long
4 people holding hands
Length
6 m (19.7 ft)
Period
Late Cretaceous (76.24–75.21 Mya)
Place
United States · Montana, USA
Food
Herbivore
Clade
Ceratopsidae Dinosauria Ornithischia Cerapoda Marginocephalia

Spiclypeus (meaning “spike shield”) is an extinct genus of chasmosaurine ceratopsian dinosaur known from the Late Cretaceous Judith River Formation (late Campanian stage) of Montana, United States.

What we know

  • Named by Mallon et al., 2016.
  • Body length estimated at about 6 m.
  • Fossils found in United States and Montana, USA.