Styracosaurus: quick facts
Found in Alberta, Canada, Styracosaurus was a short-frilled ceratopsian with 6 long spikes along the edgeof its frill. Its snout was shaped like a parrot's beak. And onits snout grew a horn that was n
Period
Late Cretaceous
Diet
Herbivore
Length
17 feet (5.2 meters)
Weight
6,000 lb (2,722 kg)
Family
Ceratopsidae
Reference background: Natural History Museum, London — Dinosaurs; Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History — Dinosaurs; American Museum of Natural History — Dinosaurs & Fossils. Figures are typical published ranges; taxonomy follows the source era and modern consensus is noted where it differs. See our sources & fact-check policy.