Eoceratops

dawn horned face

• eos · Greek · dawn
• keras · Greek · horn
• ops · Greek · face

The name combines Greek roots for "dawn", "horn" and "face". It means "dawn horned face". It was chosen because this was an early, older-looking horned dinosaur relative to later ceratopsids such as Triceratops.

Named by

Lambe

Year named

1915

Period

Late Cretaceous

Stage

Campanian

Found in

Oldman Formation, Alberta, Canada

A chasmosaurine ceratopsid; the type species is Eoceratops canadensis. Its validity and its relationship to Chasmosaurus have been debated. Some researchers have treated it as very close to, or part of, Chasmosaurus. I am not fully certain of its current status or of every detail here.