Lokiceratops
Lokiceratops was a horned dinosaur that lived about 78 million years ago in what is now Montana. It had a big frill on its head and two long, curved horns above its eyes. This plant-eater was a close relative of Triceratops.41
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Lokiceratops was named after the Norse god Loki because its horns look like the curved blades Loki used.1
It lived alongside at least three other horned dinosaurs in the same area, which is very rare.1
Lokiceratops belonged to a group called centrosaurines, which had big nose horns and smaller brow horns.4
Its fossils were found in rocks that were once a coastal plain along an ancient sea.1
The full name Lokiceratops rangiformis means 'Loki's horned face that looks like a reindeer' because of its antler-like horns.1
Most asked questions about Lokiceratops
?How big was Lokiceratops?
It was about 6.7 metres (22 feet) long and weighed around 5 tonnes (11,000 pounds). That makes it one of the largest known centrosaurine horned dinosaurs.3
?Did Lokiceratops have a nose horn?
No, unlike its closest relatives, Lokiceratops appears to have lacked a nose horn. Instead, it had two huge, blade-like horns on its frill.3
?What did Lokiceratops eat?
Lokiceratops was a plant-eater. It lived alongside other horned dinosaurs that had very similar jaws and teeth, so they probably ate similar plants.3
?Where was Lokiceratops found?
Its fossils were discovered in the badlands of northern Montana, near the Canadian border, in rocks that were once a coastal plain beside an ancient sea.3
?When did Lokiceratops live?
Lokiceratops lived about 78 million years ago, during the Late Cretaceous Period.3
?Is Lokiceratops a dinosaur?
Yes, Lokiceratops is a dinosaur. It is a type of horned dinosaur called a ceratopsian, closely related to Triceratops.3
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Myth buster
Myth: Lokiceratops is often thought to be a type of Triceratops.
Truth: Lokiceratops is a centrosaurine, not a chasmosaurine like Triceratops. It had a different skull shape and horn arrangement.4
For dino experts
- Scientific name
- Lokiceratops
- Named by
- Loewen et al. 20244
- Group
- Horned dinos
- Family / clade
- Ceratopsidae4
- Classification
- Ornithischia > Ceratopsia > Ceratopsidae4
- Age of the rocks
- 84 to 72 million years (Campanian)4
- Rock formations
- Judith River4
- Countries
- USA4
- Fossil records
- 1 in the Paleobiology Database4
- Discovery
- Lokiceratops was named in 2024 by a team led by Mark Loewen from the Natural History Museum of Utah. The fossils were found in the Judith River Formation in Montana.42
- Still debated
- Scientists are still debating why so many horned dinosaurs lived in the same small area at the same time.1
Where the facts come from
- Lokiceratops rangiformis gen. et sp. nov. (Ceratopsidae: Centrosaurinae) from the Campanian Judith River Formation of Montana reveals rapid regional radiations and extreme endemism within centrosaurine dinosaurs (exa.ai)
- Lokiceratops rangiformis gen. et sp. nov. (Ceratopsidae: Centrosaurinae) from the Campanian Judith River Formation of Montana reveals rapid regional radiations and extreme endemism within centrosaurine dinosaurs. - Abstract - Europe PMC (europepmc.org)
- Lokiceratops (en.wikipedia.org)
- Lokiceratops in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): age, places, rock formations, classification.
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