Ojoceratops

Ojo horned face

• Ojo · Spanish · eye, from the Ojo Alamo place name
• keras · Greek · horn
• ops · Greek · face

The name combines "Ojo", from the Ojo Alamo area of New Mexico where the fossils were found, with the Greek words for "horn" and "face". It means "Ojo horned face", which follows the naming pattern of many horned dinosaurs. The type species is Ojoceratops fowleri.

Named by

Sullivan and Lucas

Year named

2010

Period

Late Cretaceous

Stage

Maastrichtian

Found in

Naashoibito Member of the Kirtland Formation (formerly called the Ojo Alamo Formation), San Juan Basin, New Mexico, USA

A ceratopsid (chasmosaurine) dinosaur. Its validity has been questioned. Some researchers have argued that the material belongs to another known ceratopsid, so treat its status with caution. I am not certain which genus it has been synonymized with, if any.