Lokiceratops
Field photograph to come
Lokiceratops
DV-1249 · type species Lokiceratops rangiformis
- Lived
- 84 to 72 million years ago, Late Cretaceous
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Group
- Ceratopsians, Ceratopsidae
- Found in
- United States
- Named by
- Loewen et al. 2024
Field notes
About Lokiceratops
Lokiceratops 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 Lokiceratops, from Montana. Its fossils come from the Judith River Formation. It was named by Loewen et al. in 2024.
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.A. Loewen, J. J. W. Sertich, and S. Sampson, J. K. O.'Connor, S. Carpenter, B. Sisson, A. Ohlenschlaaeger, A. Farke, P. J. Makovicky, N. Longrich, DC Evans. 2024. Lokiceratops rangiformis gen. et sp. nov. (Ceratopsidae: Centrosaurinae) from the Campanian Judith River Formation of Montana reveals rapid regional radiations and extreme endemism within centrosaurine dinosaurs. PeerJ 12:e17224:1-97