Pentaceratops

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Pentaceratops was a herbivore (plant-eater) that lived from 75 to 73 million years ago

Related Information & Resources

• Ceratopsian Dinosaurs
  
  
• Cretaceous Period - Pentaceratops lived between about 75 million years ago and 73 million years ago, during the late Cretaceous period
  
  
• Dinosaur Names
  
  
• Dinosaur Types
  
  
• Marginocephalia Dinosaurs
  
  
• North American Dinosaurs - Pentaceratops lived in North America.
  
  
• Ornithischian Dinosaurs
  
  
• Pentaceratops Pictures

Pentaceratops Facts

1. Pentaceratops was a genus of dinosaur.
   
   
2. "Pentaceratops" means "five horned face". This name was chosen by Henry Fairfield Osborn in 1923.
   
   
3. Pentaceratops was a member of the Ornithischia ("bird-hipped") order of dinosaurs. What this means, is that although Pentaceratops was not closely related to birds, it did have similarly shaped pelvic bones.
   
   
4. Pentaceratops was a Ceratopsian - a member of a group of related herbivorous (plant-eating) dinosaurs with beaks, many of which had neck frills and horns as well.
   
   
5. Pentaceratops lived between about 75 million years ago and 73 million years ago, during the late Cretaceous period.
   
   
6. Pentaceratops lived in North America.
   
   
7. Pentaceratops was a herbivore (plant-eater).
   
   
8. Pentaceratops was about 27 feet (8 meters) long.
   
   
9. Pentaceratops weighed about 5.5 tons.

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