Einiosaurus

Pronunciation:
ie-nee-oh-sore-us
Name meaning:
'bison lizard'
Type of dinosaur:
ceratopsian
Length:
6.0m
Diet:
herbivorous
When it lived:
Late Cretaceous, 74 million years ago
Found in:
USA

Einiosaurus had a large downward-curving nasal horn.

Taxonomic details

Taxonomy:
Dinosauria, Ornithischia, Ceratopsia, Ceratopsidae, Centrosaurinae
Named by:
Sampson (1995)
Type species:
procurvicornis