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ARRHINOCERATOPS
(ar-rye-no-sore-us)
meaning: "No nose-horn face"
Arrhinoceratops
Named By: William Arthur Parks in 1925
Time Period: Early Maastrichtian, 70.6-70 Ma
Location: Canada, Alberta - Horseshoe Canyon Formation
Size: Uncertain due to lack of post cranial remains
Diet: Herbivore
Fossil(s): Partial skull
Classification: | Chordata | Reptilia | Dinosauria | Ornithischia | Ceratopsia | Ceratopsidae | Chasmosaurinae |
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Arrhinoceratops (meaning "no nose-horn face", derived from the Ancient Greek "a-/a-" "no", rhis/Ris "nose" "keras/keras" "horn", "-ops/ops" "face") is a genus of herbivorous ceratopsian dinosaur. The name was coined as its original describer concluded it was special because the nose-horn was not a separate bone, however further analysis revealed this was based on a misunderstanding. It lived during the latest Campanian/earliest Maastrichtian stage of the Late Cretaceous, predating its famous relative Triceratops by a few million years, although it was contemporary with Anchiceratops. Its remains have been found in Canada.

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