Centrosaurus
Centrosaurus
- Pronunciation:
- Cen-TROH-sore-us
- Name meaning:
- 'sharp pointed lizard'
- Dinosaur description:
- 1000kg, 6.0m-long
- ceratopsian
- Diet:
- herbivorous
- Country:
- Canada
- Period:
- Late Cretaceous, 76-74 million years ago
- Teeth:
- horny beak
- How it moved:
- on 4 legs
- Food:
- tough plant material
Centrosaurus had one horn on its snout and spines around the back of its neck frill.
Taxonomic details
- Taxonomy:
- Dinosauria, Ornithischia, Genasauria, Cerapoda, Marginocephalia, Ceratopsia, Neoceratopsia, Coronosauria, Ceratopsidae, Centrosaurinae
- Type species:
- apertus
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