Arrhinoceratops
Arrhinoceratops brachyops
Pronounced:
ar-RHIN-oh-SAIR-ah-tops
Diet:
Herbivore (Plant eater)
Name Means:
"No nose-horn face"
Length:
20 feet (6 m)
Height: 7
feet (2 m)
Weight: 2
tons (1,800 kilos)
Time:
Cretaceous - 68 mya
Fossil remains for this Dinosaur have been found in Alberta, Canada
Another member of the family of
frilled, horned dinosaurs that includes
Triceratops this lesser known
relative is best recognized by its very
short nose horn. Its name literally
means no nose horn. It was fairly large,
with medium-sized brow horns, and was
most likely a typical herd-dwelling
plant eater.
Arrhinoceratops is known from only one
skull found along the Red Deer River in
1923. Arrhinoceratops had a short, deep face
with large nostrils. It had two moderately
long, sharp brow horns that curved forward,
with a short, blunt nasal horn. The neck
frill was broad and rounded with two small
oval fenestrae (openings). Arrhinoceratops
was closely related to
Triceratops. |
