Eotriceratops

Taxobox
fossil_range = Late Cretaceous
name = "Eotriceratops"

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image_width = 250px
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Sauropsida
superordo = Dinosauria
ordo = Ornithischia
familia = Ceratopsidae
subfamilia = Ceratopsinae
genus = "Eotriceratops"
genus_authority = Wu, Brinkman, Eberth & Braman, 2007
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision ="E. xerinsularis" Wu, Brinkman, Eberth & Braman, 2007 (type)

"Eotriceratops" (meaning "dawn three-horn face") is a genus of ceratopsian dinosaur which lived during the late Cretaceous period. Its fossils have been found in the Horseshoe Canyon Formation. Its skull is said to have been around three metres long. This would put its full size estimates to 12 meters,White, R. and Reilly, T. (2007), "Dino's got head the size of car." "The Sun", 8 November 2007. Accessed online 26 May 2008, http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article516666.ece] though a more conservative estimate places the length of "Eotriceratops" at 9 meters (30 ft).cite book| last = Holtz| first = Thomas R. Jr.| authorlink = | title = Dinosaurs: The Most Complete, Up-to-Date Encyclopedia for Dinosaur Lovers of All Ages| publisher = Random House| date = 2008| location = | pages = pg 52, updated appendix| url = http://www.geol.umd.edu/~tholtz/dinoappendix/DinoappendixSummer2008.pdf| doi = | id = | isbn = 0375824197]

The type species is "E. xerinsularis", described in 2007 by Wu "et al."Wu, X-C., Brinkman, D.B., Eberth, D.A., and Braman, D.R. (2007). "A new ceratopsid dinosaur (Ornithischia) from the uppermost Horseshoe Canyon Formation (upper Maastrichtian), Alberta, Canada." "Canadian Journal of Earth Science", 44(9): 1243-1265.]

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