Albertaceratops
Albertaceratops was a horned dinosaur that lived in what is now Canada and the USA, about 77.5 million years ago. It had long brow horns and a big frill with two hook-like spikes. It walked on four legs and ate plants.1
Cando viviu?
Como era de grande?
Canto medía de longo?
Canto medía de alto?
estimación
Canto pesaba?
tan longo coma 6 cans do fociño á cola🍌tan longo coma 32 plátanos postos un tras outro
tan pesado coma 180 cans🍉tan pesado coma 700 sandías🎒tan pesado coma 4 clases enteiras de nenos🐻❄️tan pesado coma 8 osos polares🏃podería correr 100 metros en 13 segundos (o humano máis rápido necesita 9,6)Como era de grande Albertaceratops comparado CONTIGO?
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Datos curiosos
Albertaceratops is unusual because it had long brow horns, but most other centrosaurine horned dinosaurs had short ones.1
Its frill had two large, outward-projecting hooks, which might have been for display or defense.1
It lived about 77.5 million years ago, during the Late Cretaceous period.1
The only known skull was found in August 2001, and it was almost complete.1
Scientists once thought some bones from Montana belonged to Albertaceratops, but later found they were from a different dinosaur called Medusaceratops.1
The species name, nesmoi, honors a rancher named Cecil Nesmo who helped fossil hunters.1

As preguntas máis frecuentes sobre Albertaceratops
?How big was Albertaceratops?
About 5.8 metres (19 ft) long and weighed around 3,500 kilograms (7,700 lb).1
?What did Albertaceratops eat?
It ate plants. It was an herbivore.1
?When did Albertaceratops live?
It lived about 77.5 million years ago, during the Late Cretaceous period.1
?Where was Albertaceratops found?
Its skull was found in Alberta, Canada, and some bones were later found in Montana, USA.1
?Why did Albertaceratops have long brow horns?
Scientists are not sure, but they might have been used for display or fighting. It is unusual because most similar dinosaurs had short brow horns.1
?Is Albertaceratops a dinosaur?
Yes, it is a type of horned dinosaur called a ceratopsian.1
Cazamitos
Mito: Some people think Albertaceratops was a meat-eater because it had horns and a beak.
Verdade: Actually, it was a plant-eater, as shown by its teeth and jaw shape.3
Para expertos en dinos
- Nome científico
- Albertaceratops
- Bautizado por
- Ryan 20073
- Grupo
- Dinos con cornos
- Familia / clado
- Ceratopsidae3
- Clasificación
- Ornithischia > Ceratopsia > Ceratopsidae3
- Idade das rochas
- de 84 a 72 millóns de anos (Campanian)3
- Formacións rochosas
- Oldman, Judith River3
- Países
- Canadá, EUA3
- Rexistros fósiles
- 2 na Paleobiology Database3
- Descubrimento
- It was named by Michael J. Ryan in 2007, based on a skull found in Alberta, Canada, in 2001.12
- Aínda en debate
- Scientists still debate whether some bones from Montana belong to Albertaceratops or to a different dinosaur, Medusaceratops.1
De onde veñen os datos
- Albertaceratops (en.wikipedia.org)
- A new basal centrosaurine ceratopsid from the Oldman Formation, southeastern Alberta | Journal of Paleontology | Cambridge Core (cambridge.org)
- Albertaceratops in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): idade, lugares, formacións rochosas, clasificación.
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