OrnithischiaCentrosaurinaeNSM PV 24660

Furcatoceratops elucidans

Furcatoceratops elucidans skeletal reconstruction, left lateral view, reconstructed length ~3.6 m.
Scale bar = 50 centimeters
Taxon
Furcatoceratops elucidans Ishikawa, Tsuihiji & Manabe, 2023
Specimen
NSM PV 24660
Reconstructed length
~3.6 m (12 feet)
View
Left lateral
Drawing
© Scott Hartman
Drawn
2015, revised 2023
Clade
  1. Ornithischia
  2. Neornithischia
  3. Marginocephalia
  4. Ceratopsia
  5. Neoceratopsia
  6. Ceratopsidae
  7. Centrosaurinae

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Furcatoceratops was a horned dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous of Montana. Although its frill and enlarged brow horns somewhat resemble a small Triceratops, the roughly 3.6 meter (12 foot) long ceratopsian was actually a centrosaurine - a group of shorter-frilled horned dinosaurs that in other members are often associated with long nose horns and reduced brow horns. Furcatoceratops was a close relative of Avaceratops.

The evidence

What the specimen actually preserves

Furcatoceratops elucidans — known skeletal material (NSM PV 24660), left lateral view; preserved elements in white against a black body silhouette.
Known material of NSM PV 24660: elements preserved in the specimen are shown in white; unpreserved regions are left as black silhouette. Drawn 2015, revised 2023