Bisticeratops
bis-tee-SAIR-ah-tops /ˌbɪstiˈsɛrətɒps/
Accepted genus
Bisti horned face
- Bisti · Navajo (place name) · the Bisti Badlands area of New Mexico, where the fossil was found
- keras · Greek · horn
- ops · Greek · face
The name combines Bisti, the Bisti/De-Na-Zin area of northwestern New Mexico where the fossil was found, with the Greek words for "horn" and "face", the usual ending for horned ceratopsian dinosaurs. It literally means "Bisti horned face".
- Period
- Late Cretaceous
- Stage
- Campanian
- Found in
- Kirtland Formation, Bisti/De-Na-Zin area, New Mexico, USA
A chasmosaurine ceratopsid (horned dinosaur) from the San Juan Basin. The type species is Bisticeratops froeseorum. I am not certain of the authorship or year, so those fields are left blank; the formation and stage details are from memory and should be checked.