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Dinosaurs Dinosaurs Spiclypeus

Spiclypeus

spih-CLIP-ee-us, “spiked shield”

Spiclypeus was one of many horn-faced, or ceratopsid (sayr-uh-TOPS-id), species that lived near the end of the age of dinosaurs. They had similar body shapes but different arrangements of horns, spikes, and knobs on the head and shield.

Where:

Montana

How Long:

20 feet

What It Ate:

Plants

When:

76 million years ago

By: Dougal Dixon

Art by: Robert Squier

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