Arrhinoceratops
ah-RYE-no-SERR-ah-tops /əˌraɪnoʊˈsɛrətɒps/
Accepted genus
no-nose horn face
- a- · Greek · without
- rhis (rhinos) · Greek · nose
- keras · Greek · horn
- ops · Greek · face
The name means "no-nose-horn face". It was chosen because Parks thought the animal lacked a prominent horn on its nose, unlike Triceratops. The skull does have brow horns, but the nasal horn was thought to be small or absent.
- Named by
- Parks
- Year named
- 1925
- Period
- Late Cretaceous
- Stages
- Campanian – Maastrichtian
- Found in
- Horseshoe Canyon Formation, Alberta, Canada
A ceratopsid (chasmosaurine) with a single known species, A. brachyops. The Maastrichtian stage and its exact formation are uncertain, and some sources place it in the Campanian only. The name is sometimes treated as a possible Chasmosaurus relative.