Dinosaur
Microceratus
The story of horned dinosaurs also includes a small animal with an unassuming head.
The story of horned dinosaurs also includes a small animal with an unassuming head. This little ceratopsian had a beak and a modest frill, quite unlike the large three-horned animals often used to represent the whole group. It is reconstructed with long hind legs and a tail that helped it balance.
Three stages. One companion.
Game artwork
AI-generated, stylized game illustrations. These designs and growth stages are imaginative, not scientific reconstructions.
Microceratus at a glance
- Diet
- Herbivore
- It was a plant eater.
- When it lived
- Cretaceous
- Group
- Ceratopsia
- Ceratopsians
- Fossil locations
- Mongolia
- Places where fossils have been found
Beyond the game
The real Microceratus
Its remains are known from Mongolia. The material is limited, so some body details require comparisons with other early ceratopsians.
Belonging to the ‘horned dinosaurs’ does not require enormous horns. Microceratus reveals stages of this evolutionary history when body size, head shape and proportions were much more modest.
Belonging to the ‘horned dinosaurs’ does not require enormous horns. Microceratus reveals stages of this evolutionary history when body size, head shape and proportions were much more modest.
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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