Very HardEiniosaurus
Einiosaurus procurvicornis
eye-NEE-oh-SORE-us· “buffalo lizard”
🦕 Dinosaur🕰️ Cretaceous🌿 herbivore🦴 Ceratopsidae
4.5 m
Length
1.9 m
Height
1.3 t
Weight
A centrosaurine horned dinosaur from Montana with a unique forward-curving nasal horn shaped like a bottle-opener, plus two large spikes jutting back from its frill. It is known from bonebeds that preserved whole herds.
When
Late Cretaceous, ~74 million years ago
Found in
United States
Discovered
Scott D. Sampson, 1995
Did you know?
- Its nose horn curved forward over the snout, unlike any other horned dinosaur.
- Found in mass bonebeds, suggesting it lived and died in large herds.
- Its name comes from the Blackfeet word 'eini', meaning bison or buffalo.
Artwork: Connor Ashbridge, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 4.0.