Xenoceratops foremostensis Xenoceratops
"alien horned face"
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Xenoceratops 6 m (19.7 ft) long
4 people holding hands
- Length
- 6 m (19.7 ft)
- Period
- Late Cretaceous (80.3–79.5 Mya)
- Place
- Canada · Alberta, Canada
- Food
- Herbivore
Xenoceratops (meaning “alien horned face”) is a genus of centrosaurine ceratopsid dinosaur known from the Late Cretaceous (middle Campanian stage), and is known to have lived in what is currently Alberta, Canada. The genus has one known species, Xenoceratops foremostensis, after its place of discovery, the Foremost Formation.
What we know
- Named by Ryan, Evans & Shepherd, 2012.
- Fossils found in Canada and Alberta, Canada.