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Ceratopsidae

Vagaceratops

"wandering ("

Generic ceratopsian body-plan outline
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Vagaceratops 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 Vagaceratops
Length
4.5 m (14.8 ft)
Period
Late Cretaceous (76.2 Mya)
Place
Alberta, Canada · Utah, USA
Food
Herbivore
Clade
Ceratopsidae Dinosauria Ornithischia Cerapoda Marginocephalia Big horned ceratopsians of the Late Cretaceous.

Vagaceratops (meaning “wandering (vagus, Latin) horned face”, in reference to its close relationship with Kosmoceratops from Utah) is a genus of chasmosaurine ceratopsid dinosaur which lived during the Late Cretaceous period (late Campanian) in what is now Alberta. Its fossils have been recovered from the Upper Dinosaur Park Formation. It is sometimes included in the genus Chasmosaurus as Chasmosaurus irvinensis instead of being recognized as its own genus.

What we know

  • Named by (Holmes et al., 2001 [originally Chasmosaurus]).
  • Body length estimated at about 4.5 m.
  • Fossils found in Alberta, Canada and Utah, USA.

What we guess

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