Arrhinoceratops

Field photograph to come

DV-0128Horseshoe Canyon Fm., Alberta

Arrhinoceratops

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Lived
84 to 66 million years ago, Late Cretaceous
Diet
Herbivore
Length
about 6 m (20 ft)
Group
Ceratopsians, Ceratopsidae
Found in
Canada
Named by
Parks 1925

Field notes

About Arrhinoceratops

Arrhinoceratops was a plant-eating ceratopsian that lived in the Late Cretaceous, 84 to 66 million years ago. It belongs to the family Ceratopsidae.

The Paleobiology Database lists 3 finds of Arrhinoceratops, from Alberta. Its fossils come from the Horseshoe Canyon Formation. It was named by Parks in 1925.

The evidence

Where its fossils were found

Today

3 finds

75 million years ago

Map: C. R. Scotese, PALEOMAP

To scale

How big was Arrhinoceratops?

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Arrhinoceratops: about 6 m (20 ft) · Person: 1.8 m (6 ft)Silhouette: typical ceratopsian shape

Lived alongside

Found in the same rock formations.

Close relatives

Other members of Ceratopsidae.

Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: W. A. Parks. 1925. Arrhinoceratops brachyops, a new genus and species of Ceratopsia from the Edmonton Formation of Alberta. University of Toronto Studies, Geology Series 19:1-15