Named By: | XiaoinChun Wu, Donald B. Brinkman, David A. Eberth & Dennis R. Braman in 2007 |
Time Period: | Late Cretaceous, 68-67.6 Ma |
Location: | Canada, Alberta - Horseshoe Canyon Formation |
Size: | Skull about 3 meters long. Body estimated at about 9 meters long |
Diet: | Herbivore |
Fossil(s): | Partial skull and post cranial remains, though many of the bones have been crushed |
Classification: | | Chordata | Reptilia | Dinosuria | Ornithischia | Ceratopsia | Ceratopsidae | Chasmosaurinae | Triceratopsini | |
Eotriceratops (meaning "dawn three-horned face") is a genus of herbivorous ceratopsian dinosaurs which lived in the area of North America during the late Cretaceous period. The only named species is Eotriceratops xerinsularis.