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Ceratopsidae

Wendiceratops pinhornensis

Generic ceratopsian body-plan outline
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Wendiceratops 6 m (19.7 ft) long
as long as 4 people standing fingertip to fingertip
generic ceratopsian body plan, scaled to length — not a silhouette of Wendiceratops
Length
6 m (19.7 ft)
Period
Late Cretaceous (79–78.7 Mya)
Place
Canada · Alberta, Canada
Food
Herbivore
Clade
Ceratopsidae Dinosauria Ornithischia Cerapoda Marginocephalia Big horned ceratopsians of the Late Cretaceous.
Wendiceratops reconstruction by Danielle Dufault
Reconstruction · Danielle Dufault (CC-BY)

Wendiceratops is a genus of herbivorous centrosaurine ceratopsian dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous of Canada.

What we know

  • Named by Evans & Ryan, 2015.
  • Body length estimated at about 6 m.
  • Fossils found in Canada and Alberta, Canada.

What we guess

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