Sierraceratops Sierraceratops turneri Dalman et al. 2022
/sˈɪɹɐsɚɹˌætɑːps/
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
Region
New Mexico
Formation
Hall Lake
Dig sites
1
distinct collections
Overview
Sierraceratops turneri 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 Dalman et al. 2022. 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%
confidence from occurrence count
Based on 1 recorded occurrence in the Paleobiology Database.
Geologic Time
Where Sierraceratops turneri sits in deep time
Sierraceratops
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships
Part of a wider fossil web
These species share Sierraceratops turneri'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.