X is for Xenoceratops

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 Welcome back to the Late Cretaceous Age.  Let me introduce you to my friend the Xenoceratops. He lived about 80 million years ago.

He’s a horned dinosaur, a quadruped herbivore.  He’s about the same size as a modern-day rhinoceros, weighs about two tons. He’s got bony frills on his head and two big horns jutting out from over his eyes.

His cousins include triceratops, styracosaurus and judiceratops.

The fossils were discovered in Alberta, Canada. 

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Comments

  1. Karen Jones GowenApril 27, 2024 at 10:09 AM

    I do so love dinosaurs. I wish we knew more about them, all the varieties and their histories.

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  2. AlanaApril 27, 2024 at 12:00 PM

    My husband loved dinosaurs at a time (1950's) when they weren't near as popular as today. He still does, too.

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  3. LisaApril 27, 2024 at 12:34 PM

    I'd not heard of this guy before! By name, he looks a bit familiar, like he's played a background character in books or movies!

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  4. Pradeep NairApril 28, 2024 at 9:48 AM

    Words starting with X aren't easy. This is a good one and quite informative. Dinosaurs were amazing creatures. Their extinction is also a pointer to the unpredictability of the human race, is it not?

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  5. Liz A.April 28, 2024 at 10:26 PM

    Excellent find for X.

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  6. Ronel Janse van VuurenMay 9, 2024 at 6:12 AM

    This was my favourite one from the Jurassic Park movies.

    Ronel visiting for X: My Languishing TBR: X
    Vicious Vampires

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