Ceratopsidae facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Ceratopsids Temporal range: Late Cretaceous, 83–66Ma PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N
Triceratops prorsus skeleton, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County.
Centrosaurus "nasicornus" skeleton, Palaeontological Museum Munich
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Clade:	Dinosauria
Order:	†Ornithischia
Parvorder:	†Coronosauria
Superfamily:	†Ceratopsoidea
Family:	†Ceratopsidae Marsh, 1888
Subgroups
†Ceratops? †Centrosaurinae †Chasmosaurinae
Synonyms
Agathaumidae Cope, 1891 Torosauridae Nopcsa, 1915

Ceratopsidae (sometimes spelled Ceratopidae) is a family of dinosaurs including Triceratops, Torosaurus, and Styracosaurus. All known species were quadrupedal herbivores from the Upper Cretaceous, mainly of Western North America (though Sinoceratops is known from Asia as well as possible fossils in Japan, and Kazakhstan) and are characterized by beaks and elaborate horns and frills. The group is divided into two subfamilies (see Taxobox).

Images for kids

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  Ceratopsid teeth have a distinctive leaf shape with a primary ridge running down the middle.

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  Map of North America during the Late Cretaceous