Xenoceratops

Xenoceratops
Temporal range: Late Cretaceous,
79.5 Ma
Reconstructed skull
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Clade: Ornithischia
Clade: Neornithischia
Clade: Ceratopsia
Family: Ceratopsidae
Subfamily: Centrosaurinae
Genus: Xenoceratops
Ryan, Evans & Shepherd, 2012
Type species
Xenoceratops foremostensis
Ryan, Evans & Shepherd, 2012

Xenoceratops (meaning "alien horned face") is a genus of centrosaurine ceratopsid dinosaur known from the Late Cretaceous (middle Campanian stage), and is known to have lived in what is currently Alberta, Canada. The genus has one known species, Xenoceratops foremostensis. Its remains were discovered in the Foremost Formation.[1]

  1. ^ Ryan, Michael J.; Evans, David C.; Shepherd, Kieran M. (2012). "A new ceratopsid from the Foremost Formation (middle Campanian) of Alberta". Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences. 49 (11): 1251–1262. Bibcode:2012CaJES..49.1251R. doi:10.1139/e2012-056.