Vagaceratops Vagaceratops

"wandering ("

You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Vagaceratops 4.5 m (14.8 ft) long
3 people holding hands
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

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.