Dinosaur
Avaceratops
A skull attributed to the genus preserves bone cores of horns measuring about 25 centimeters.
Avaceratops was a small dinosaur with a neck frill, in a family famous for its giants.
Three stages. One companion.
Game artwork
AI-generated, stylized game illustrations. These designs and growth stages are imaginative, not scientific reconstructions.
Avaceratops at a glance
- Diet
- Herbivore
- A plant-based diet is inferred from its anatomy and comparisons with related animals; not all herbivores ate the same plants.
- When it lived
- Cretaceous
- Group
- Ceratopsidae
- Ceratopsids
- Fossil locations
- United States
- Places where fossils have been found
Beyond the game
The real Avaceratops
It was a small herbivorous ceratopsian. Most of its remains are related to the Judith River Formation, important for understanding the fauna of the North American Cretaceous.
A skull attributed to the genus preserves bone cores of horns measuring about 25 centimeters. The remains of its head allow comparison of horn and skull structures. The attribution of a specific specimen must be distinguished from the description of all individuals of the genus.
This family includes large dinosaurs with beaks, frills, and horns or bony bumps. These structures help distinguish lineages, but their shape alone cannot establish each species’ behavior.
Fossil discoveries
Selected fossil records · present-day map
Map references
Map: Natural Earth, public domain. Fossil records: linked collections and publications.Sources & text credits
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- Avaceratops lammersi
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- Avaceratops
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- Ceratopsidae
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- Living birds
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