Genus
Valid Extinct

Arrhinoceratops

Parks 1925
Etymology Tête sans corne nasale

Arrhinoceratops is a genus of herbivorous ceratopsian dinosaur. The name was coined as its original describer concluded it was special because the nose-horn was not a separate bone, however further analysis revealed this was based on a misunderstanding. It lived during the latest Campanian/earliest Maastrichtian stage of the Late Cretaceous, predating its famous relative Triceratops by a few million years, although it was contemporary with Anchiceratops. Its remains have been found in Canada.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
3
Group
Dinosaures
Herbivore Ground dwelling Terrestrial
Arrhinoceratops
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Classification
Dinosauria Unranked clade
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Ornithischia Unranked clade
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Neornithischia Unranked clade
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Pyrodontia Unranked clade
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Cerapoda Unranked clade
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Marginocephalia Unranked clade
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Ceratopsia Suborder
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Ceratopsidae Family
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Chasmosaurinae Subfamily
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Arrhinoceratops Genus
Measurements
Length
4,2 m ⓘ
Arrhinoceratops brachyops
6 m ⓘ
Mass
800 kg ⓘ
Arrhinoceratops brachyops
Fossil sites 3 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇨🇦 Canada
3
Geological formations
Horseshoe Canyon
3
Temporal distribution
Maastrichtian (72.2–66 Ma)
1
Campanian (83.6–72.2 Ma)
2
Species (1)
Arrhinoceratops brachyops 84 Ma
Images 1
Bibliography
Original description
W. A. Parks. 1925. Arrhinoceratops brachyops, a new genus and species of Ceratopsia from the Edmonton Formation of Alberta. University of Toronto Studies, Geology Series 19:1-15
Bibliography (3)
D. H. Tanke. 1984. Dinosaurs of the Devon area with reference to a large hadrosaur femur. Fossils Quarterly 3(2):19-30
R. S. Lull. 1933. A revision of the Ceratopsia or horned dinosaurs. Memoirs of the Peabody Museum of Natural History 3(3):1-175 DOI ↗
W. A. Parks. 1925. Arrhinoceratops brachyops, a new genus and species of Ceratopsia from the Edmonton Formation of Alberta. University of Toronto Studies, Geology Series 19:1-15