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 | |
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.