Ajkaceratops facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Ajkaceratops Temporal range: Late Cretaceous, Santonian PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Holotype fused rostral and premaxillae
Scientific classification
Genus:	Ajkaceratops
Species:	kozmai

Ajkaceratops (pronounced "oi-ka-se-ra-tops") is a type of dinosaur that lived a very long time ago. Scientists officially described it in 2010. This dinosaur lived during the Cretaceous period. That was about 100 to 66 million years ago!

It lived in what is now Europe. Back then, this area was a group of islands called the Tethyan archipelago. Ajkaceratops belongs to a group of dinosaurs called ceratopsians. The word Ceratops means "horned face" in Greek. These dinosaurs usually had horns and a beak.

The name Ajkaceratops comes from Ajka, a town in Hungary. This is where the first fossils of this dinosaur were found.

An artist's idea of what Ajkaceratops might have looked like.

What Did Ajkaceratops Look Like?

Ajkaceratops had a unique appearance. Its skull was similar to another dinosaur called Protoceratops. However, Ajkaceratops had a small hump near its beak.

Its body was long and slender. This was quite different from its skull. The tail of Ajkaceratops was also very short for its body size.

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In Spanish: Ajkaceratops kozmai para niños