LegendaryWendiceratops
Wendiceratops pinhornensis
WEN-dih-SERR-a-tops· “Wendy's horned face”
🦕 Dinosaur🕰️ Cretaceous🌿 herbivore🦴 Ceratopsidae
6 m
Length
1.8 m
Height
1 t
Weight
A horned dinosaur from Canada with a spectacular frill rimmed by curled, hook-like hornlets and a tall nose horn. It is one of the oldest ceratopsids known to sport a prominent nasal horn.
When
Late Cretaceous, ~79 million years ago
Found in
Canada
Discovered
Wendy Sloboda, 2015
Did you know?
- Its frill was lined with distinctive forward-curling hornlets.
- Named after fossil hunter Wendy Sloboda, who found it.
- Among the earliest horned dinosaurs with a tall nose horn.
Artwork: Danielle Dufault, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 4.0.