Albertaceratops
Field photograph to come
Albertaceratops
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- Lived
- 84 to 72 million years ago, Late Cretaceous
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Length
- estimates range from 5 to 7 m (16 to 23 ft)
- Group
- Ceratopsians, Ceratopsidae
- Found in
- Canada and United States
- Named by
- Ryan 2007
Field notes
About Albertaceratops
Albertaceratops was a plant-eating ceratopsian that lived in the Late Cretaceous, 84 to 72 million years ago. It belongs to the family Ceratopsidae.
The Paleobiology Database lists 2 finds of Albertaceratops, from Alberta and Montana. Its fossils come from rocks including the Judith River Formation and the Oldman Formation. It was named by Ryan in 2007.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
80 million years ago
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations.
Close relatives
Other members of Ceratopsidae.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: M. J. Ryan. 2007. A new basal centrosaurine ceratopsid from the Oldman Formation, southeastern Alberta. Journal of Paleontology 81(2):376-396