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JUDICERATOPS
(ju-dee-seh-rah-tops)
meaning: "Judith horned face - after the Judith River Formation"
Judiceratops
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 |
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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.

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