Very HardArrhinoceratops
Arrhinoceratops brachyops
ay-RY-no-SERR-a-tops· “no nose-horn face”
🦕 Dinosaur🕰️ Cretaceous🌿 herbivore🦴 Ceratopsidae
5 m
Length
2 m
Height
2 t
Weight
A chasmosaurine horned dinosaur from Alberta with a broad frill pierced by two rounded openings and short brow horns. It was named 'no nose-horn face' because its describer thought it lacked a nasal horn, though a small one was later recognized.
When
Late Cretaceous, ~70 million years ago
Found in
Canada
Discovered
William Parks, 1925
Did you know?
- Its name means 'no nose-horn face', yet it did have a small nasal horn.
- Known mainly from a single well-preserved skull found in Alberta.
- Its wide frill had two large rounded windows to lighten the bone.
Artwork: TotalDino, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 4.0.