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EOTRICERATOPS
(e-oh-try-seh-rah-tops)
meaning: "Dawn Triceratops"
Eotriceratops
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 |
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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.

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