NormalStyracosaurus
Styracosaurus albertensis
sty-RAK-oh-SORE-us· “spiked lizard”
🕰️ Cretaceous🌿 herbivore🦴 Ceratopsidae
5.5 m
Length
1.8 m
Height
2.7 t
Weight
The punk rocker of horned dinosaurs: four to six long spikes fanned out from its frill, with a half-metre horn on its nose. The display probably impressed rivals and mates alike.
When
Late Cretaceous, ~75 million years ago
Found in
Canada
Discovered
Charles M. Sternberg, 1913
Did you know?
- Its nose horn alone could be 57 centimetres long.
- Huge bone beds show its herds numbered in the hundreds.
- Each individual's frill spikes were arranged slightly differently.
Artwork: TotalDino, Wikimedia Commons, CC0.