LegendaryAlbertaceratops
Albertaceratops nesmoi
al-BER-tah-SERR-a-tops· “Alberta horned face”
🦕 Dinosaur🕰️ Cretaceous🌿 herbivore🦴 Ceratopsidae
6 m
Length
1.8 m
Height
3.5 t
Weight
A horned dinosaur from Alberta with unusually long brow horns for its group (the short-horned centrosaurines), plus a pair of hooks curling forward from its frill.
When
Late Cretaceous, ~77 million years ago
Found in
Canada
Discovered
Michael Ryan, 2007
Did you know?
- Had unusually long brow horns for a short-horned centrosaurine.
- A pair of hooks curled forward from the top of its frill.
- One of the oldest well-known horned dinosaurs of North America.
Artwork: Nobu Tamura, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0.