Anchiceratops

†Anchiceratops was a large ceratopsid herbivore of the Late Cretaceous, reaching approximately 6m in length and weighing around 1,500kg. Found in Alberta, Canada, it bore a long rectangular frill adorned with paired epoccipitals and three prominent facial horns. Named by Barnum Brown in 1914, it inhabited low-lying coastal floodplains.

Diet & Feeding

Herbivore

Anchiceratops was a plant-eating dinosaur. Herbivores typically fed on ferns, cycads, conifers, and other vegetation available during their era. Many herbivorous dinosaurs developed specialized teeth and digestive systems for processing tough plant material.

Time Period

Cretaceous Late Mesozoic Era

Anchiceratops lived during the Cretaceous Late period of the Mesozoic Era, approximately 100.5 to 66.0 million years ago.

The final age of dinosaurs, featuring iconic species like Tyrannosaurus rex, Triceratops, and Velociraptor. Dinosaurs reached their peak diversity before the catastrophic asteroid impact at the Chicxulub crater ended the Mesozoic Era.