Anchiceratops
Anchiceratops ornatus
Anchiceratops ( ANG-kee-SERR-ə-tops) is an extinct genus of chasmosaurine ceratopsid dinosaur that lived approximately 73 to 68 million years ago during the latter part of the Cretaceous Period in what is now Alberta, Canada.
Anchiceratops was a medium-sized, heavily built, ground-dwelling, quadrupedal herbivore that could grow up to an estimated 4.3 metres (14 ft) long. Its skull featured two long brow horns and a short horn on the nose. The skull frill was elongated and rectangular, its edges adorned by coarse triangular projections. About a dozen skulls of the genus have been found.
- Family
- Ceratopsidae
- Order
- Ornithischia
- Period
- Cretaceous (73.0–70.0 Ma)
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Length
- 5.0–6.0 m
- Weight
- 1.0–2.0 t
- Type locality
- Horseshoe Canyon Formation, Alberta, Canada
- Holotype
- AMNH 5251
- PBDB
- txn:38852