LegendaryUtahceratops
Utahceratops gettyi
YOO-tah-SERR-ah-tops· “Utah horned face”
🕰️ Cretaceous🌿 herbivore🦴 Ceratopsidae
6.5 m
Length
2.3 m
Height
2.8 t
Weight
A big-frilled horned dinosaur whose short brow horns pointed out sideways rather than forward, discovered in the badlands of southern Utah.
When
Late Cretaceous, ~76 million years ago
Found in
United States
Discovered
Scott Sampson, 2010
Did you know?
- Its brow horns stuck out sideways instead of forward.
- It lived on the island continent of Laramidia.
- It was found in the badlands of southern Utah.
Artwork: TotalDino, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0.