Ceratopsian, or horned dinosaurs, were previously thought to have developed this ornamentation to distinguish between different species. This has now been ruled out in a study published in a Royal ...

The massive body size led to decline Early ceratopsians were the ancestors of iconic horned dinosaurs like Triceratops. These early forms were less adorned than their later relatives. The earliest ...

Horned dinosaurs, or ceratopsians, are a group of herbivorous dinosaurs that lived in the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods. Early ceratopsians were small, bipedal dinosaurs measuring one to two ...