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Xenoceratops, new Canadian ceratopsian

Adam Khor · 2019-08-06 22:49:57

Its name means "alien horned face", supossedly because of its "unusual" horn pattern although by now, with the likes of Medusaceratops, Kosmoceratops, Einiosaurus etc, it doesn´t look that alien anymore. Still, interesting creature with a nice classic-sounding name. At 20 feet long and only 2 tons, it was about the size of…

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Adam Khor

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Its name means "alien horned face", supossedly because of its "unusual" horn pattern although by now, with the likes of Medusaceratops, Kosmoceratops, Einiosaurus etc, it doesn´t look that alien anymore.
Still, interesting creature with a nice classic-sounding name. At 20 feet long and only 2 tons, it was about the size of a black rhino, large for modern day standards but not particularly large for a ceratopsian. It lived around 80 million years ago.

http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/full/10.1139/e2012-056#.UJxdymf4Vac

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