
Dinosaur profile
Brachyceratops
Pronunciation
Brak-e-seh-rah-tops
Short horned face
Ceratopsian
1.5 meters long
Late Cretaceous
74 million years ago
USA
DietHerbivore
About Brachyceratops
Brachyceratops is a genus of ceratopsid dinosaur that lived during the Late Cretaceous Period, about 72-66 million years ago. It was a small to medium-sized herbivore, with an estimated length of about 5-6 feet and a weight of about 50-100 pounds. Brachyceratops had a large, triangular head with a strong beak and a bony frill on the back of its skull. It also had a pair of short, curved horns on its frill, as well as a pair of short, curved horns on its snout. Brachyceratops had a sturdy, quadrupedal build, with four sturdy legs and a long, heavy tail. Its body was probably covered in a layer of tough, scaly skin.
Brachyceratops was discovered in Alberta, Canada in the 1920s, and was named by paleontologists in 1923. It is considered a relatively primitive ceratopsid, and is thought to be closely related to other early ceratopsids such as Leptoceratops and Protoceratops. Brachyceratops is known from a number of well-preserved fossil specimens, including several partial skeletons and skulls, which have helped paleontologists learn more about the anatomy and behavior of this dinosaur.
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