Utahceratops Utahceratops gettyi Sampson et al. 2010
/jˈuːɾɑːsɚɹˌætɑːps/
estimated
Late Cretaceous (Campanian) · 83.6–72.2 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
herbivore
Locomotion
quadrupedal
inferred from clade
Habitat
ground-dwelling
Where It Was Found
Country
United States
Region
Utah
Formation
Kaiparowits
Dig sites
9
distinct collections
Overview
Utahceratops gettyi is a ceratopsian dinosaur known from the Late Cretaceous, roughly 83.6–72.2 million years ago. It was a herbivore. It is recorded as ground-dwelling. Fossils have been recovered from Utah, United States. It was named by Sampson et al. 2010. The species is represented by 9 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Fossil Record Completeness
How much of this profile is grounded in the fossil record
~30%
well attested
Based on 9 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Geologic Time
Where Utahceratops gettyi sits in deep time
Utahceratops
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships
Part of a wider fossil web
These species share Utahceratops gettyi'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.