Genus
Valid Extinct

Eotriceratops

Wu et al. 2007

Eotriceratops is a genus of herbivorous ceratopsian dinosaurs which lived in the area of North America during the late Cretaceous period. The only named species is Eotriceratops xerinsularis.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
1
Group
Dinosaures
Herbivore Ground dwelling Terrestrial
Eotriceratops
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Classification
Dinosauria Unranked clade
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Ornithischia Unranked clade
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Neornithischia Unranked clade
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Pyrodontia Unranked clade
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Cerapoda Unranked clade
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Marginocephalia Unranked clade
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Ceratopsia Suborder
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Ceratopsidae Family
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Chasmosaurinae Subfamily
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Triceratopsini Unranked clade
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Eotriceratops Genus
Measurements
Length
8,4 m ⓘ
Eotriceratops xerinsularis
Mass
8 200 kg ⓘ
Eotriceratops xerinsularis
Fossil sites 1 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇨🇦 Canada
1
Geological formations
Horseshoe Canyon
1
Temporal distribution
Maastrichtian (72.2–66 Ma)
1
Species (1)
Eotriceratops xerinsularis 72 Ma
Images 1
Bibliography
Original description
X.-C. Wu, D. B. Brinkman, and D. A. Ebert, D. R. Braman. 2007. A new ceratopsid dinosaur (Ornithischia) from the uppermost Horseshoe Canyon Formation (upper Maastrichtian), Alberta, Canada. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 44:1243-1265 DOI ↗
Bibliography (1)
X.-C. Wu, D. B. Brinkman, and D. A. Ebert, D. R. Braman. 2007. A new ceratopsid dinosaur (Ornithischia) from the uppermost Horseshoe Canyon Formation (upper Maastrichtian), Alberta, Canada. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 44:1243-1265 DOI ↗