Outline: a typical ceratopsian
Koreaceratops
"Korean horned face"
- Lived
- 113 to 101 million years ago, Early Cretaceous
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Group
- Ceratopsians, Leptoceratopsidae
- Found in
- South Korea
- Named by
- Lee et al. 2010
Where its fossils were found
The evidence
Today
105 million years ago
Field notes
About Koreaceratops
What it was like
Koreaceratops was a small, early horned dinosaur, known from the back half of a skeleton, with legs and a long tail. It had no real horns or large frill.
Its tail had very tall spines on top, which made it deep and flat from side to side. Some scientists think it may have helped it swim, but that idea is uncertain.
Its world
It lived in the Early Cretaceous in what is now South Korea.
How it was found
Lee and colleagues named Koreaceratops in 2010, from a single find. It was the first horned dinosaur named from Korea.
Close relatives
Other members of Leptoceratopsidae
Sources: WikidataNamed in: Y.-N. Lee, M. J. Ryan, and Y. Kobayashi. 2010. The first ceratopsian dinosaur from South Korea. Naturwissenschaften