Brachyceratops ('short horned face') is a dubious genus of centrosaurine ceratopsian dinosaur known only from partial juvenile specimens dating to the late Cretaceous Period of Montana, United States.
Brachyceratops has historically been known entirely from juvenile remains, with one specimen having since been re-classified as Rubeosaurus ovatus.
Discoveries and species[]
Jumbled remains of five juvenile Brachyceratops montanensis invidiuals of about 1.5 meters long were found and discovered in the Two Medicine Formation, Campanian on a Blackfoot Indian Reservation. The type specimen find was named and described by Gilmore one year.
In popular culture[]
- Brachyceratops is featured in Dinosaur King.