Styracosaurus

Styracosaurus albertensis

Styracosaurus had one of the most elaborate frills of any ceratopsian, with four to six long spikes projecting from the frill and a single large nose horn. These ornaments likely functioned in species recognition and display.

Physical Description

Measurement	Value	Human Scale
लंबाई	5.5 m	roughly the length of a large SUV
Height	1.8 m	—
वजन	2.7 t	comparable to 2.7 small cars

Diet & Feeding

Herbivore

Styracosaurus 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

Styracosaurus 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.

Discovery & Naming

नामकर्ता	Lawrence Lambe
खोज वर्ष	1913
खोज स्थान	Dinosaur Park Formation, Alberta, Canada

वर्गीकरण

Dinosauria → Ornithischia → Ceratopsia → Styracosaurus

Horned faces

Herbivorous dinosaurs with distinctive horns and frills. Ranges from small bipedal forms like Psittacosaurus to massive quadrupeds like Triceratops.

Size Comparison

At 5.5 meters long and 2700.0 kg, Styracosaurus was roughly the length of a large SUV and comparable to 2.7 small cars.

Other dinosaurs from the same period:

Abelisaurus comahuensis Adasaurus mongoliensis Adynomosaurus arcanus Byronosaurus Byronosaurus jaffei Caenagnathasia

Quick Facts

वर्गीकरण	Ceratopsia
भूवैज्ञानिक युग	Cretaceous Late
आहार	Herbivore
आकार	5.5m long, 1.8m tall, 2.7t