Dinosaur
Xenoceratops
Frill fragments revealed Xenoceratops among other horned dinosaurs.
Frill fragments revealed Xenoceratops among other horned dinosaurs. This plant eater had a beak and a frill decorated with bony projections. Its full appearance is reconstructed using other ceratopsids, because the head fragments provide more direct information than the rest of its body.
Three stages. One companion.
Game artwork
AI-generated, stylized game illustrations. These designs and growth stages are imaginative, not scientific reconstructions.
Xenoceratops at a glance
- Diet
- Herbivore
- It was a plant eater.
- When it lived
- Cretaceous
- Group
- Ceratopsidae
- Ceratopsids
- Fossil locations
- Alberta
- Places where fossils have been found
Beyond the game
The real Xenoceratops
The remains were found in Alberta’s Foremost Formation. Although collected much earlier, they were later reassessed and recognized as a different genus.
A broken frill may not seem like much, but its edges and joins contain useful features for identifying species. Xenoceratops helps reveal early stages of centrosaurine diversity, one of the major horned-dinosaur branches.
A broken frill may not seem like much, but its edges and joins contain useful features for identifying species. Xenoceratops helps reveal early stages of centrosaurine diversity, one of the major horned-dinosaur branches.
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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