Dinosauria › Ornithischia › Ceratopsia › Leptoceratopsidae
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Gryphoceratops
Gryphoceratops morrisoni Ryan et al. 2012
Late Cretaceous (Santonian) · 85.7–83.6 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
herbivore
Locomotion
quadrupedal
inferred from clade
Overview
Gryphoceratops morrisoni is a ceratopsian dinosaur known from the Late Cretaceous, roughly 85.7–83.6 million years ago. It was a herbivore. It was named by Ryan et al. 2012. The species is represented by 1 recorded occurrence in the Paleobiology Database.
Fossil Record Completeness
How much of this profile is grounded in the fossil record
~5%
fragmentary record
Confirmed
Inferred
Based on 1 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Geologic Time
Where Gryphoceratops sits in deep time
Gryphoceratops
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships
Part of a wider fossil web
These species share Gryphoceratops's place in deep time — computed from overlapping age ranges, shared clades, and inferred ecology.