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Ceratopsidae

Spinops sternbergorum

Generic ceratopsian body-plan outline
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Spinops 4.5 m (14.8 ft) long
as long as 3 people standing fingertip to fingertip
generic ceratopsian body plan, scaled to length — not a silhouette of Spinops
Length
4.5 m (14.8 ft)
Period
Late Cretaceous (76.5 Mya)
Place
Canada · Alberta, Canada
Food
Herbivore
Clade
Ceratopsidae Dinosauria Ornithischia Cerapoda Marginocephalia Big horned ceratopsians of the Late Cretaceous.
Spinops reconstruction by TotalDino
Reconstruction · TotalDino (CC-BY)

Spinops is an extinct genus of centrosaurine ceratopsian dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous of Alberta, southern Canada. It was a medium-sized ceratopsian, reaching 4.5 m in length and 1.3 MT in body mass.

What we know

  • Named by Farke et al., 2011.
  • Body length estimated at about 4.5 m.
  • Fossils found in Canada and Alberta, Canada.

What we guess

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