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Styracosaurus
Styracosaurus albertensis
CretaceousHerbivoreOrnithischianMedium
- Length 5.5 m
- Mass 2700 kg
Styracosaurus is an extinct genus of herbivorous dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous of North America. It had four to six long parietal spikes extending from its neck frill, a smaller jugal horn on each of its cheeks, and a single horn protruding from its nose, which may have been up to 60 centimeters long and 15 centimeters wide. The function or functions of the horns and frills have been debated for many years.
Attributes
- Length
- 5.5 m
- Mass
- 2700 kg
- Time range
- 83.6 - 72.2 Ma
- Size class
- Medium
- Region
- Canada
Sources
Facts are drawn from the Paleobiology Database and Wikipedia. Images are reconstructions, not photographs.
