Furcatoceratops

Furcatoceratops
Temporal range: Campanian
~75.9–75.3 Ma
Skeletal mount of F. elucidans exhibited at a limited exhibition event in the National Museum of Nature and Science, Tokyo
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Clade: Ornithischia
Clade: Neornithischia
Clade: Ceratopsia
Family: Ceratopsidae
Subfamily: Centrosaurinae
Tribe: Nasutoceratopsini
Genus: Furcatoceratops
Ishikawa et al., 2023
Type species
Furcatoceratops elucidans
Ishikawa et al., 2023

Furcatoceratops (meaning "forked horned face") is a genus of centrosaurine ceratopsid dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous Judith River Formation of Montana. The type species is Furcatoceratops elucidans.[1]

  1. ^ Ishikawa, H.; Tsuihiji, T.; Manabe, M. (2023). "Furcatoceratops elucidans, a new centrosaurine (Ornithischia: Ceratopsidae) from the upper Campanian Judith River Formation, Montana, USA". Cretaceous Research. 151. 105660. Bibcode:2023CrRes.15105660I. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2023.105660.