Styracosaurus
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Like all other ceratopsids, Styracosaurus was a large animal with a compact body and a richly-ornamented head. It had several spikes jutting out of its frill, with the two at the very top pointing inwards to meet each other, and a large curved nose horn. This species has more inward-pointing spikes than the more famous S. albertensis. Styracosaurus is a herding animal that eats soft low-lying plants, which it chews using shearing batteries of teeth in its jaws. Styracosaurus ovatus, formerly known as Rubeosaurus, lived in a dry lowland environment alongside dromaeosaurids, troodontids, ankylosaurs, and hadrosaurs such as Hypacrosaurus and Prosaurolophus. Our Styracosaurus can be found in the Gladiators of the Mesozoic exhibit. |
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