#spinops

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once again real life has taken precedence over drawing a bunch of dinosaurs, but I persevere (as much as I can while also trying to pack up my whole apartment). Here’s the latest few from the Dinovember backlog — top to bottom, Neimongosaurus, Spinops, and Euhelopus

[derived-centrosaur]

Spinops sternbergorum

A quick Sunday Scribble

[totaldino]

Spinops

Spinops was a request from “bonus ducks”, a Triassic tier member on Patreon!

Spinops is a centrosaurine ceratopsian dinosaur that had two long horns protruding from the back of the frill, as well as a pair of downturned horns pointing toward its face. Like all ceratopsids, it was a quadrupedal herbivore, using its large beak and dental batteries to process vegetation. Spinops was a medium-sized ceratopsian at about 5 m in body length.

[011sfootstool]

would it be crazy if hypothetically we [ Spinny and Curb ] adopted Jawbreaker……….

Spinops is just surprised jawbreaker is the same size as his conjux!

[fruitsoftheweb]

“Saccorhytus coronarius  Han, Conway Morris, Ou, Shu & Huang 2017″ (© N. Tamura)

[j-gold-art]

this....took way too long to finish...

anywho, 16 ceratopsians! i love them all.

[a-dinosaur-a-day]

Spinops sternbergorum

By Jack Wood on @thewoodparable

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Name: Spinops sternbergorum

Name Meaning: Spine Face

First Described: 2011

Described By: Farke et al. 

Classification: Dinosauria, Ornithischia, Genasauria, Neornithischia, Cerapoda, Marginocephalia, Ceratopsia, Neoceratopsia, Coronosauria, Ceratopsoidea, Ceratopsidae, Centrosaurinae, Centrosaurini

Spinops is a close relative of Centrosaurus, and was indeed, very similar to it in appearance and general morphology. It is only known from parts of the skull, which include small portions of the frill and the entirety of the nose horn. These skull portions are known from a few individuals, but, given it lived in the same general environment as Styracosaurus and Centrosaurus, it probably wasn’t nearly as common, due to the lack of remains known. It is uncertain where exactly it comes from, but it was found in either the Oldman Formation or the Dinosaur Park Formation, and it lived in the Campanian age of the Late Cretaceous, approximately 76.5 million years ago, and thus, was also from southern Canada. If from Dinosaur Park, it would have lived alongside Chasmosaurus, Mercuriceratops, Scolosaurus, Euoplocephalus, Edmontonia, Dyoplosaurus, Corythosaurus, Gryposaurus, Parasaurolophus, Hanssuesia, and Gorgosaurus. If from the Oldman Formation, it would have lived alongside Albertadromeus, Brachylophosaurus, Chasmosaurus, Coronosaurus, Corythosaurus, Parasaurolophus, Scolosaurus, and Daspletosaurus. 

Sources:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spinops

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dinosaur_Park_Formation

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oldman_Formation

Shout out goes to @erichoyle72!