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SPINOPS
(spy-nops)
meaning: "Spined face"
Spinops
Named By: Andrew A. Farke, Michael J. Ryan, Paul M. Barrett, Darren H. Tanke, Dennis R. Braman, Mark A. Loewen & Mark R. Graham. in 2011
Time Period: Late Cretaceous, 76.5 Ma
Location: Canada, Alberta, Red Deer River
Size: Uncertain due to lack of fossils material
Diet: Herbivore
Fossil(s): Two partial skulls
Classification: | Chordata | Reptilia | Dinosauria | Ornithischia | Ceratopsia | Ceratopsidae | Centrosaurinae |
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Spinops is an extinct genus of centrosaurine ceratopsian dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous of Alberta, southern Canada.

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