Utahceratops

Field photograph to come

DV-0759Kaiparowits Fm., Utah

Utahceratops

DV-0759

Lived
84 to 72 million years ago, Late Cretaceous
Diet
Herbivore
Group
Ceratopsians, Ceratopsidae
Found in
United States
Named by
Sampson et al. 2010

Field notes

About Utahceratops

Utahceratops 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 8 finds of Utahceratops, from Utah. Its fossils come from the Kaiparowits Formation. It was named by Sampson et al. in 2010.

The evidence

Where its fossils were found

Today

8 finds

80 million years ago

Map: C. R. Scotese, PALEOMAP

Lived alongside

Found in the same rock formations.

Close relatives

Other members of Ceratopsidae.

Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: S. D. Sampson, M. A. Loewen, and A. A. Farke, E. M. Roberts, C. A. Forster, J. A. Smith, A. L. Titus. 2010. New horned dinosaurs from Utah provide evidence for intracontinental dinosaur endemism. PLoS One 5(9):e12292:1-12