Montanoceratops was a herbivore. It lived in the Cretaceous period and inhabited North America. Its fossils have been found in places such as Alberta (Canada) and Montana.

Quick facts about Montanoceratops:

  • Existed from Maastrichtian Age to 66 million years ago
  • Lived in a terrestrial habitat
  • Was a herbivore
  • Reproduced by laying eggs
  • 3 different specimens have been found by paleontologists

All the Montanoceratops illustrations below were collected from the internet. Enjoy and explore:

Montanoceratops was described by the following scientific paper(s):
  • B. J. Chinnery and D. B. Weishampel. 1998. Montanoceratops cerorhynchus (Dinosauria: Ceratopsia) and relationships among basal neoceratopsians. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 18(3):569-585
  • R. S. Lull. 1933. A revision of the Ceratopsia or horned dinosaurs. Memoirs of the Peabody Museum of Natural History 3(3):1-175
  • H. F. Osborn. 1917. Extinct vertebrates. Forty-Eighth Annual Report of the American Museum of Natural History for the Year 1916