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Spiclypeus

Spiclypeus was a horned dinosaur with laterally directed brow horns and unusual curled projections along its frill.

Spiclypeus was a horned dinosaur with laterally directed brow horns and unusual curled projections along its frill. Those details give it an identity beyond a generic three-horned face.

Spiclypeus at a glance

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

Beyond the game

The real Spiclypeus

Spiclypeus was a horned dinosaur with laterally directed brow horns and unusual curled projections along its frill. Those details give it an identity beyond a generic three-horned face.

The positions of its brow horns and curled frill projections distinguish its head. Their arrangement is part of the evidence used to compare it with other ceratopsids.

Fossil discoveries

Montana, United States · approximate location
Montana, United States

Selected fossil records · present-day map

Map references

Paleobiology Database · J. C. Mallon, C. J. Ott, and P. L. Larson, E. M. Iuliano, D. C. Evans. 2016. Spiclypeus shipporum gen. et sp. nov., a boldly audacious new chasmosaurine ceratopsid (Dinosauria: Ornithischia) from the Judith River Formation (Upper Cretaceous: Campanian) of Montana, USA. PLoS ONE 11(5):e0154218:1-40 ↗

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

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  1. Spiclypeus shipporum gen. et sp. nov., a Boldly Audacious New Chasmosaurine Ceratopsid (Dinosauria: Ornithischia) from the Judith River Formation (Upper Cretaceous: Campanian) of Montana, USA

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