Wendiceratops

DV-0937 · type species Wendiceratops pinhornensis

Lived: 84 to 72 million years ago, Late Cretaceous
Diet: Herbivore
Length: about 6 m (20 ft)
Group: Ceratopsians, Ceratopsidae
Found in: Canada
Named by: Evans and Ryan 2015

Field notes

About Wendiceratops

Wendiceratops 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 Wendiceratops, from Alberta. Its fossils come from the Oldman Formation. It was named by Evans and Ryan in 2015.

The evidence

Where its fossils were found

Today

1 find

80 million years ago

Map: C. R. Scotese, PALEOMAP

To scale

How big was Wendiceratops?

Wendiceratops: about 6 m (20 ft) · Person: 1.8 m (6 ft)Silhouette: typical ceratopsian shape

Lived alongside

Found in the same rock formations.

Close relatives

Other members of Ceratopsidae.

Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: D. C. Evans and M. J. Ryan. 2015. Cranial anatomy of Wendiceratops pinhornensis gen. et sp. nov., a centrosaurine ceratopsid (Dinosauria: Ornithischia) from the Oldman Formation (Campanian), Alberta, Canada, and the evolution of ceratopsid nasal ornamentation. PLoS ONE 10(7):e0130007