Arrhinoceratops

†Arrhinoceratops was a chasmosaurine ceratopsid herbivore of the Late Cretaceous, from the Horseshoe Canyon Formation of Alberta, Canada. Despite its name ('no nose horn face'), it did possess a small nasal horn along with two larger brow horns and an elaborate frill. Reaching approximately 6m in length, it was a large quadrupedal herbivore that cropped low vegetation with its parrot-like beak.

Diet & Feeding

Herbivore

Arrhinoceratops 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

Arrhinoceratops 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.