Centrosaurus
Centrosaurus
Cen-TROH-sore-us
'sharp pointed lizard'
1000kg, 6.0m-long ceratopian
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, Ceratopsomorpha, Ceratopsidae, Centrosaurinae
Type species: apertus
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