PRONUNCIATION: |
BRAK-ee-SAIR-uh-tops |
TRANSLATION: |
Short Horned Face |
ALSO KNOWN AS: |
n/a |
DESCRIPTION: |
Herbivore, Quadrupedal |
ORDER: |
Ornithischia |
SUBORDER: |
Marginocephalia |
INFRAORDER: |
Ceratopsia |
MICRO-ORDER: |
Neoceratopsia |
SUPERFAMILY: |
n/a |
FAMILY: |
Ceratopsidae |
HEIGHT: |
2 feet (0.6 meters) |
LENGTH: |
6 feet (1.8 meters) (Juveniles) |
WEIGHT: |
n/a |
PERIOD: |
Late Cretaceous |
NOTES: |
Information about Brachyceratops is known primarily from young specimens discovered in Montana. Their short faces and frills were only half developed. At the same dig, an adult ceratopsian was discovered, indicating that the young specimens were part of a family unit. |
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