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Ceratopsidae

Xenoceratops foremostensis

"alien horned face"

Generic ceratopsian body-plan outline
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Xenoceratops 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 Xenoceratops
Length
6 m (19.7 ft)
Period
Late Cretaceous (80.3–79.5 Mya)
Place
Canada · Alberta, Canada
Food
Herbivore
Clade
Ceratopsidae Dinosauria Ornithischia Cerapoda Marginocephalia Big horned ceratopsians of the Late Cretaceous.

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.

What we guess

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