Titanoceratops ouranos

† Titanoceratops ouranos is a Late Cretaceous chasmosaurine ceratopsian from the Fruitland Formation of New Mexico, bearing an enormous frill—one of the largest of any ceratopsian. It may be ancestral to or synonymous with later giant chasmosaurines.

Diet & Feeding

Herbivore

Titanoceratops ouranos 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

Titanoceratops ouranos 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.