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MOJOCERATOPS
(mo-jo-seh-ra-tops)
meaning: "Mojo horned face"
Mojoceratops
Named By: Nicholas R. Longrich in 2010
Time Period: Late Cretaceous, 76.5-75 Ma
Location: Canada, Alberta - Dinosaur park Formation
Size: Uncertain due to incomplete fossil material, but possibly up to 5 - 6 meters long based upon comparison to Chasmosaurus - refer to main text for details
Diet: Herbivore
Fossil(s): Eight partial skeletons
Classification: | Chordata | Reptilia | Dinosauria | Ornithoschia | Ceratopsia | Ceratopsidae | Chasmosaurinae |
Also known as: | Eoceratops | canadensis | Chasmosaurus kaiseni |
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Mojoceratops is a genus of ceratopsian dinosaur. It is a chasmosaurine ceratopsid which lived during the Late Cretaceous period, in what is now Western Canada. The genus is based on skulls first assigned to species of the contemporary ceratopsid Chasmosaurus. First given a unique name in 2010, later research has suggested that Mojoceratops is a synonym of Chasmosaurus as originally thought.

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