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XENOCERATOPS
(zee-noe-seh-rah-tops)
meaning: "Alien horned face"
Xenoceratops
Named By: M. J. Ryan, D. C. Evans & K. M. Shepherd in 2012
Time Period: Late Cretaceous, 79.5 Ma
Location: Canada, Alberta - Foremost Formation
Size: Estimated around 6 meters long, but lack of remains make this figure open to change
Diet: Herbivore
Fossil(s): Partial frill and horn material of what seems to be from at least three individuals
Classification: | Chordata | Reptilia | Dinosauria | Ornithischia | Ceratopsia | Ceratopsidae | Centrosaurinae |
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Xenoceratops is a genus of centrosaurine ceratopsid dinosaur known from the Late Cretaceous (middle Campanian stage) of Alberta, Canada. The genus has one known species, Xenoceratops foremostensis. Its remains were discovered in the Foremost Formation.

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