Named By: | Nicholas R. Longrich in 2013 |
Time Period: | Late Cretaceous, 78-77.5 Ma |
Location: | USA, Montana - Judith River Formation |
Size: | Unknown due to lack of remains |
Diet: | Herbivore |
Fossil(s): | Incomplete skull |
Classification: | | Chordata | Reptilia | Dinosauria | Ornithischia | Ceratopsia | Ceratopsidae | Chasmosaurinae | |
Judiceratops ( JOO-dee-SERR-a-tops) is an extinct genus of chasmosaurine ceratopsid dinosaur that lived approximately 78 million years ago during the latter part of the Cretaceous Period in what is now Montana, United States. Judiceratops was a ground-dwelling, quadrupedal herbivore. It represents the oldest known chasmosaurine dinosaur, the same line as Triceratops belonged to.