- Type of dinosaur:
- ceratopsian
- Length:
- 6.0m
- Weight:
- 1000kg
- Diet:
- herbivorous
- Teeth:
- horny beak
- Food:
- tough plant material
- How it moved:
- on 4 legs
- When it lived:
- Late Cretaceous, 76-74 million years ago
- Found in:
- Canada
Centrosaurus had one horn on its snout and spines around the back of its neck frill.
Taxonomic details
- Taxonomy:
- Dinosauria, Ornithischia, Ceratopsidae, Centrosaurinae
- Type species:
- apertus
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