In Depth Magnirostris was a protoceratopsid dinosaur that would have been similar to the much more famous Protoceratops. Magnirostris was named after the unusually large beak that can be clearly appreciated in the holotype specimen. There has been suggestion that the Magnirostris holotype may in fact belong to the Bagaceratops genus. The thinking behind this … Read more
In Depth With most of the skeleton known and represented by several individuals, Utahceratops is one of the better known ceratopsian dinosaurs, which often are named only from partial skulls. At about five meters long Utahceratops was roughly mid-sized for a quadrupedal ceratopsian, dinosaur, but the skull seems to be oversized with a length of … Read more
In Depth Machairoceratops is a genus of centrosaurine ceratopsian dinosaur that lived in North America during the late Cretaceous. At the time of the genus description in 2016, Machairoceratops is only known from partial skull and horn remains. We can however ascertain a few facts about this dinosaur. One is that Machairoceratops was a centrosaurine … Read more
In Depth Crittendenceratops is a genus of ceratopsian dinosaur that lived in Western portion of North America during the late Cretaceous. While many fossils of various types of animals have been discovered in the Fort Crittenden Formation of Arizona, Crittendenceratops is the first distinct genus to be named from this formation. Further Reading - A … Read more
In Depth Agathaumas has been envisioned as a very large ceratopsian dinosaur, potentially as much as ten meters long, that lived in what is now the USA near the end of the Cretaceous period. However most palaeontologists agree that Agathaumas is a highly dubious genus of ceratopsian since it was based upon the description of … Read more