Kosmoceratops

ornate horned face

• kosmos · Greek · ornament, adornment, ornate
• keras · Greek · horn
• ops · Greek · face

The name combines Greek words for "ornate" or "adorned" and "horned face". It refers to the elaborate skull ornamentation of this ceratopsid, which had 15 horns or horn-like structures: one over the nose, one above each eye, and a row of curved horns along the back of the frill. The species name, richardsoni, honours Scott Richardson, who found the original specimen.

Named by

Sampson et al.

Year named

2010

Period

Late Cretaceous

Stage

Campanian

Found in

Kaiparowits Formation, Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, Utah, USA

A centrosaurine... actually a chasmosaurine ceratopsid; the type species is Kosmoceratops richardsoni.