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MONTANOCERATOPS
(mon-tan-ah-ser-ah-tops)
meaning: "Montana horned face"
Montanoceratops
Named By: C. M. Sternberg in 1951
Time Period: 70 Ma Early Maastrichtian
Location: USA, Montana - St Mary River Formation
Size: Approximately 3 meters long
Diet: Herbivore
Fossil(s): Several specimens, usually of partial remains
Classification: | Chordata | Reptilia | Dinosauria | Ornithischia | Cerapoda | Ceratopsia | Leptoceratopsidae |
Also known as: | Leptoceratops cerorhynchos |
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Montanoceratops is an extinct genus of small ceratopsian dinosaur that lived approximately 70 million years ago during the latter part of the Cretaceous Period in what is now Montana and Alberta. Montanoceratops was a small sized, moderately-built, ground-dwelling, quadrupedal herbivore, that could grow up to an estimated 3 m (9.8 ft) long.

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