Xenoceratops

alien horned face

• xenos · Greek · alien, stranger, foreign
• keras · Greek · horn
• ops · Greek · face

The name combines the Greek "xenos" (alien, stranger or foreign) with "ceratops" (horned face). It was chosen to mean "alien horned face", reflecting the unusual look of this ceratopsid and the fact that it was an unexpected, little-known form from an interval of the Late Cretaceous in which few horned dinosaurs were then known. The species name, foremostensis, refers to the Foremost Formation where it was found.

Named by

Ryan, Evans and Shepherd

Year named

2012

Period

Late Cretaceous

Stage

Campanian

Found in

Foremost Formation, Alberta, Canada

A horned ceratopsid (centrosaurine) dinosaur; the type species is Xenoceratops foremostensis. It is one of the older known ceratopsids from Canada.