Sierraceratops

Sierra (mountain range) horned face

• Sierra · Spanish · mountain range (after Sierra County, New Mexico)
• keras · Greek · horn
• ops · Greek · face

The name combines "Sierra", for Sierra County in New Mexico where the fossil was found (and ultimately the Spanish word for a mountain range), with the Greek roots for "horned face". It was chosen to mark the place of discovery and to show that this animal was a horned ceratopsid. The species name, turneri, honors Ted Turner, on whose land the fossil was found.

Named by

Dalman et al.

Year named

2021

Period

Late Cretaceous

Stage

Maastrichtian

Found in

Hall Lake Formation, Sierra County, New Mexico, USA

A chasmosaurine ceratopsid; the type species is Sierraceratops turneri. It was described in 2021 and is considered closely related to Bravoceratops and Coahuilaceratops. The exact stage and authorship details are given from memory, so check them against the original publication.