Furcatoceratops
Field photograph to come
Furcatoceratops
DV-1203 · type species Furcatoceratops elucidans
- Lived
- 84 to 72 million years ago, Late Cretaceous
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Group
- Ceratopsians, Ceratopsidae
- Found in
- United States
- Named by
- Ishikawa et al. 2023
Field notes
About Furcatoceratops
Furcatoceratops 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 1 find of Furcatoceratops, from Montana. Its fossils come from the Judith River Formation. It was named by Ishikawa et al. in 2023.
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: H. Ishikawa, T. Tsuihiji, and M. Manabe. 2023. Furcatoceratops elucidans, a new centrosaurine (Ornithischia: Ceratopsidae) from the upper Campanian Judith River Formation, Montana, USA. Cretaceous Research