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UTAHCERATOPS
(u-tah-seh-rah-tops)
meaning: "Utah horned face"
Utahceratops
Named By: S. D. Sampson, M. A. Loewen, A. A. Farke, E. M. Roberts, C. A. Forster, J. A. Smith & A.L. Titus in 2010
Time Period: Late Cretaceous, 76.4-75.5 Ma
Location: USA, Utah - Kaiparowits Formation
Size: Body length estimated up to about 4.5 to 5 meters long, and roughly 2 meters high at the shoulder. Reconstructed skull is 2.3 meters long
Diet: Herbivore
Fossil(s): Fossils from at least 6 individuals allowing for approximately 90% of the skull and 70% of the post cranial skeleton to be studied
Classification: | Chordata | Reptilia | Dinosauria | Ornithischia | Ceratopsidae | Chasmosaurinae |
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Utahceratops (meaning "Utah keras (keras, "horn") and ops (ops, "face"))") is an extinct genus of ceratopsian dinosaur that lived approximately 76.4~75.5 million years ago during the Late Cretaceous period in what is now Utah. Utahceratops was a large-sized, robustly-built, ground-dwelling, quadrupedal herbivore, that could grow up to an estimated 7 m (23 ft) long.

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