Pentaceratops Pentaceratops sternbergii Osborn 1923
/pˈɛntɐsɚɹˌætɑːps/
estimated
Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) · 83.6–66 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
herbivore
Locomotion
quadrupedal
inferred from clade
Habitat
ground-dwelling
Where It Was Found
Country
United States
Regions
New Mexico · Colorado
Formations
Fruitland · Williams Fork · Kirtland
Dig sites
4
distinct collections
Overview
Pentaceratops sternbergii is a ceratopsian dinosaur known from the Late Cretaceous, roughly 83.6–66.0 million years ago. It was a herbivore. It is recorded as ground-dwelling. Fossils have been recovered from New Mexico, United States. It was named by Osborn 1923. The species is represented by 5 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Fossil Record Completeness
How much of this profile is grounded in the fossil record
~18%
confidence from occurrence count
Based on 5 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Geologic Time
Where Pentaceratops sternbergii sits in deep time
Pentaceratops
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships
Part of a wider fossil web
These species share Pentaceratops sternbergii's place in deep time — computed from overlapping age ranges, shared clades, and inferred ecology. Predator–prey pairs additionally have to have been dug up in the same place.