Diabloceratops
Diabloceratops eatoni
Diabloceratops foi um ceratópsio herbívoro do Cretáceo, descrito por James Kirkland & Donald DeBlieux. Viveu há aproximadamente 81.0-77.0 milhões de anos, na região do que hoje é América do Norte (EUA). Medindo de 4.0-5.0 m, pesando 1.0-1.5 tons, era um representante característico da fauna mesozoica.
Diabloceratops ( dy-AB-loh-SERR-ə-tops) is an extinct genus of centrosaurine ceratopsian dinosaur that lived approximately 81.4-81 million years ago during the latter part of the Cretaceous Period in what is now Utah, in the United States. Diabloceratops was a medium-sized, moderately built, ground-dwelling, quadrupedal herbivore, that could grow up to an estimated 4.5 metres (15 ft) in length and 1.3 metric tons (1.4 short tons) in body mass. At the time of its discovery, it was the oldest-known ceratopsid, and first centrosaurine known from latitudes south of the U.S. state of Montana. The generic name Diabloceratops means "devil-horned face", coming from Diablo, Spanish for "devil", and ceratops, Latinized Greek for "horned face". The specific name honors Jeffrey Eaton, a paleontologist at Weber State University and long time friend of the lead author Jim Kirkland. Eaton had a big role in establishing the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument where the specimen was found. The type species, Diabloceratops eatoni, was named and described in 2010 by James Ian Kirkland and Donald DeBlieux.
- Família
- Ceratopsidae
- Ordem
- Ornithischia
- Período
- Cretaceous (81.0-77.0 MYA)
- Dieta
- Herbivore
- Comprimento
- 4.0-5.0 m
- Peso
- 1.0-1.5 tons
Fatos científicos
- Medindo 4.0-5.0 m, tinha porte médio para os padrões mesozoicos
- Bico córneo poderoso e dentes de corte permitiam processar vegetação dura como palmeiras e cicadáceas
- Seus fósseis foram encontrados na região de América do Norte (EUA), contribuindo para o entendimento da fauna cretáceo local
- Foi descrito cientificamente por James Kirkland & Donald DeBlieux, contribuindo para o entendimento da diversidade dinossauriana