Einiosaurus

Einiosaurus

Pronunciation:
ie-nee-oh-sore-us
Name meaning:
'bison lizard'
Einiosaurus
ceratopsian silhouette
Type of dinosaur:
ceratopsian
Length:
6.0m
Diet:
herbivorous herbivorous food icon
When it lived:
Late Cretaceous, 74 million years ago
Found in:
USA

Einiosaurus had a large downward-curving nasal horn.

Einiosaurus milieu

Taxonomic details

Taxonomy:
Dinosauria, Ornithischia, Neornithischia, Cerapoda, Marginocephalia, Ceratopsia, Neoceratopsia, Coronosauria, Ceratopsidae, Centrosaurinae
Named by:
Sampson (1995)
Type species:
procurvicornis

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