Einiosaurus
Field photograph to come
Einiosaurus
DV-0369
- Lived
- 84 to 72 million years ago, Late Cretaceous
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Length
- estimates range from 4.5 to 6 m (15 to 20 ft)
- Group
- Ceratopsians, Ceratopsidae
- Found in
- United States
- Named by
- Sampson 1994
Field notes
About Einiosaurus
Einiosaurus 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 3 finds of Einiosaurus, from Montana. Its fossils come from the Two Medicine Formation. It was named by Sampson in 1994.
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: S. D. Sampson. 1994. Two new horned dinosaurs (Ornithischia: Ceratopsidae) from the Upper Cretaceous Two Medicine Formation, Montana, USA. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 14(3, suppl.):44A