Utahceratops
YOO-tah-SERR-ah-tops /ˌjuːtəˈsɛrətɒps/
Accepted genus
Utah horned face
- Utah · English (place name) · the US state where the fossils were found
- keras · Greek · horn
- ops · Greek · face
The name combines Utah, the US state where the fossils were found, with the Greek words keras ("horn") and ops ("face"). It means "Utah horned face". It refers to this large ceratopsid's horned skull, which was found in Utah's Kaiparowits Formation.
- 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 chasmosaurine ceratopsid. The type species is Utahceratops gettyi, named for Mike Getty, who collected the fossils.