[D] Diceratus hatcheri [Su] [jG]
Describer
Mateus, 2008
Time
Cretaceous Late Maastrichtian
Classification
Ornithischia Genasauria Cerapoda Marginocephalia Ceratopia Neoceratopia Ceratopidae Chasmosaurinae
Diet
Herbivore
Fossilsite
Lance Formation, Niobrara County, Wyoming, US
Length
9 meter
Info
Genus - Typespecies - Skull
Nedoceratops hatcheri (Ukrainsky, 2007 vide Farke, 2011) > Diceratops hatcheri (Lull vide Hatcher, 1905) > Diceratus hatcheri (Mateus,2008 )
Formerly considered a specimen of Triceratops by many authorities, but recent analysis (Forster, 1996) suggests it is a distinct genus. The single poorly preserved type skull has distinctive openings in the frill that justify its status as a separate genus according to some researchers.