Utahceratops is an extinct genus of ceratopsian dinosaur that lived approximately 76.4~75.5 million years ago during the Late Cretaceous period in what is now Utah. Utahceratops was a large-sized, robustly-built, ground-dwelling, quadrupedal herbivore, that could grow up to an estimated 4.5–5 m (15–16 ft) long.

Utahceratops was a big dinosaur. It stood 6 feet (2 meters) high and was 18-22 feet (6-7 meters) in length. The skull alone was 7 feet (2.3 meters) long! Why It’s a Top NMHU Dinosaur: Utahceratops gettyi is named after two really cool things: the state of Utah and Mike Getty, NHMU's previous paleontology collections manager who discovered it ...

Dec 9, 2018 · Utahceratops is a genus of ceratopsian dinosaur that lived approximately 76.4~75.5 million years ago during the Late Cretaceous period in what is now Utah. Utahceratops was a large-sized, robustly-built, ground-dwelling, quadrupedal herbivore, that could grow up to an estimated 7 m (23 ft) long.

The bigger of the two new dinosaurs, with a skull 2.3 meters (about 7 feet) long, is Utahceratops gettyi (U-tah-SARA-tops get-EE-i). The first part of the name combines the state of origin with ceratops, Greek for “horned face.”

May 28, 2019 · We often think of dinosaurs as big and ferocious. But what about cute? That description certainly fits the juvenile Utahceratops gettyi in the Past Worlds exhibit. A skeletal cast of the youngster stands alongside the adult.

Sep 22, 2010 · The bigger of the two, called Utahceratops gettyi (top and bottom right), features a large horn above its nose and two shorter, rounder horns protruding to the side from above each eye socket. And the beast's 2.3-meter-long skull seems too huge even for its massive, nearly 4-meter-long body.

May 21, 2012 · Utahceratops is the latest to be added to the petrified cast, standing right next to the hadrosaurs Gryposaurus and Parasaurolophus. I was happy to see the dinosaur’s skeleton come together...

Nov 25, 2012 · With most of the skeleton known and represented by several individuals,‭ ‬Utahceratops is one of the better known ceratopsian dinosaurs,‭ ‬which often are named only from partial skulls.‭ ‬At about five meters long Utahceratops was‭ ‬roughly mid-sized for a quadrupedal ceratopsian,‭ ‬dinosaur,‭ ‬but the skull seems to be ...

A compilation of the best Utahceratops illustrations, facts, fossils, and maps. See how it lived in North America during the Cretaceous period.

Utahceratops gettyi This four ton relative of the familiar Triceratops lived in Southern Utah where it browsed the foliage off trees and shrubs along the coastal plain of the Cretaceous Interior Seaway that once divided the North American continent.