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Lokiceratops

Lokiceratops rangiformis was a horned dinosaur with striking ornaments along its frill.

Lokiceratops rangiformis was a horned dinosaur with striking ornaments along its frill. The differently shaped frill projections make its head recognizable.

Lokiceratops at a glance

Diet
Herbivore
Its feeding anatomy is interpreted as adapted to plant food.
When it lived
Late Cretaceous
Group
Ceratopsidae
Ceratopsids

Beyond the game

The real Lokiceratops

Lokiceratops rangiformis was a horned dinosaur with striking ornaments along its frill. The differently shaped frill projections make its head recognizable.

Its skull adds another distinctive form to the diversity of horned dinosaurs. The arrangement and shape of the frill projections help distinguish it from related ceratopsids.

Fossil discoveries

Montana, United States · approximate location
Montana, United States

Selected fossil records · present-day map

Map references

Paleobiology Database · M.A. Loewen, J. J. W. Sertich, and S. Sampson, J. K. O.'Connor, S. Carpenter, B. Sisson, A. Ohlenschlaaeger, A. Farke, P. J. Makovicky, N. Longrich, DC Evans. 2024. Lokiceratops rangiformis gen. et sp. nov. (Ceratopsidae: Centrosaurinae) from the Campanian Judith River Formation of Montana reveals rapid regional radiations and extreme endemism within centrosaurine dinosaurs. PeerJ 12:e17224:1-97 ↗

Map: Natural Earth, public domain. Fossil records: Paleobiology Database and linked collections and publications.

Sources & text credits

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  1. Loewen et al. 2024 — Lokiceratops rangiformis from the Campanian Judith River Formation of Montana

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