Montanoceratops
Montanoceratops cerorhynchus
Montanoceratops is an extinct genus of small ceratopsian dinosaur that lived approximately 70 million years ago during the latter part of the Cretaceous Period in what is now Montana and Alberta. Montanoceratops was a small sized, moderately-built, ground-dwelling, quadrupedal herbivore, that could grow up to an estimated 2.5 m (8.2 ft) in length and 170 kg (370 lb) in body mass.
- Family
- Leptoceratopsidae
- Order
- Ornithischia
- Period
- Cretaceous (70.0–66.0 Ma)
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Length
- 2.5–3.0 m
- Weight
- 150–250 kg
- Type locality
- St. Mary River Formation, Montana, USA
- Holotype
- AMNH 5464
- PBDB
- txn:38850