Serendipaceratops

Field photograph to come

DV-0524"Wonthaggi" Fm., Australia

Serendipaceratops

DV-0524 · type species Serendipaceratops arthurcclarkei

Lived
121 to 120 million years ago, Early Cretaceous
Diet
Herbivore
Group
Ceratopsians
Found in
Australia
Named by
Rich and Vickers-Rich 2003

Field notes

About Serendipaceratops

Serendipaceratops was a plant-eating ceratopsian that lived in the Early Cretaceous, 121 to 120 million years ago.

The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Serendipaceratops, from Australia. Its fossils come from the "Wonthaggi" Formation. It was named by Rich and Vickers-Rich in 2003.

The evidence

Where its fossils were found

Today

1 find

120 million years ago

Map: C. R. Scotese, PALEOMAP

Lived alongside

Found in the same rock formations.

Close relatives

Other members of Ceratopsia.

Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: T. Rich and P. Vickers-Rich. 2003. Protoceratopsian? ulnae from Australia. Records of the Queen Victoria Museum Launceston 113:1-12