Outline: a typical ceratopsian
Serendipaceratops
"serendipitous horned face"
Type species Serendipaceratops arthurcclarkei
- Lived
- 121 to 120 million years ago, Early Cretaceous
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Group
- Ceratopsians
- Found in
- Australia
- Named by
- Rich and Vickers-Rich 2003
Where its fossils were found
The evidence
Today
120 million years ago
Field notes
About Serendipaceratops
What it was like
Serendipaceratops is known from a single bone of the forearm. It was first described as a horned dinosaur, which would have made it a surprising find in Australia. Many scientists now think the bone more likely belongs to an armored dinosaur.
Its world
It lived in the Early Cretaceous in Australia. The land then lay close to the pole. Other dinosaurs from rocks of this age in the region include the small plant eater Qantassaurus and the predator Australovenator.
How it was found
Rich and Vickers-Rich named it in 2003. The type species is Serendipaceratops arthurcclarkei, which honors a science fiction writer.
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations
Close relatives
Other members of Ceratopsia
Sources: WikidataNamed in: T. Rich and P. Vickers-Rich. 2003. Protoceratopsian? ulnae from Australia. Records of the Queen Victoria Museum Launceston 113:1-12