ceratopsian
Frilled plant-eater
A ceratopsian is a plant-eating dinosaur of a group characterized by beaked faces, bony frills extending from the skull, and often horns.
Triceratops is the most famous example.
The name means "horned face," though not all ceratopsians had prominent horns.
These dinosaurs lived during the Cretaceous period and were among the last non-avian dinosaurs before the mass extinction.
Superfluous adornment
- hornsBony animal projections
- beakHorny avian mouthpart
- fenestraeNatural holes in tissue
- parietalOf the skull wall
quadrupedal · skull · dentition · vertebrae · limbs · massive · bulky
Age of Reptiles
- MongoliaCentral Asian landlocked nation
- AlbertaWestern Canadian province
- MontanaNorthwestern state, fourth-largest
- GobiCentral Asian arid region
strata · sedimentation · extinction · asteroid · volcanism · angiosperms
Preserved ancient organism
- excavationAct of unearthing
- skeletonInternal supportive framework
- digUnearth by shoveling
- specimenIndividual for examination
reconstruction · osteology · formation · stratigraphy · radiometric · geochronology · paleontologist · taxonomy
frill
Superfluous adornment
parietal · quadrupedal · skull · dentition · vertebrae · limbs · massive · bulky
Styracosaurus
Horned, frilled Cretaceous herbivore
- ProtoceratopsCeratopsian dinosaur, Cretaceous Mongolia
Mesozoic
Age of Reptiles
- MongoliaCentral Asian landlocked nation
- AlbertaWestern Canadian province
- MontanaNorthwestern state, fourth-largest
Gobi · strata · sedimentation · extinction · asteroid · volcanism · angiosperms
fossil
Preserved ancient organism
- excavationAct of unearthing
- skeletonInternal supportive framework
- digUnearth by shoveling
specimen · reconstruction · osteology · formation · stratigraphy · radiometric · geochronology · paleontologist · taxonomy · cladistics
herbivore
Plant-only consumer
foliage · plants · flora · vegetation · cycads · ferns · palms · foraging · social · nesting
ceratopsiantheropod
Bipedal carnivorous dinosaur group
Velociraptor · carnosaur · Spinosaurus · tyrannosaurid · tyrannosaur
ceratopsiantheropod
Bipedal carnivorous dinosaur group
sauropod · long-necked dinosaur · titanosaur · Brachiosaurus · saurischian