OnOctober26,2024,FrederiktheLokiceratopsjoinedthegranddinosaurfamilyofthePNSOPrehistoricAnimalModelsseries.Let’smeetitwithsomedetails.
WhoisFrederiktheLokiceratops
FrederiktheLokiceratopswasaherbivorousdinosaurthatlivedinNorthAmericaduringtheLateCretaceous.ItbelongstothetaxonCeratopsia,agroupofdinosaursknownfortheirdiverseheadfrillsandsharphorns.
HowdidZHAOChuangandYANGYangcreateFrederiktheLokiceratops
TheSizeofFrederiktheLokiceratops
Accordingtoscientificresearchonthefossils,thebodylengthofFrederiktheLokiceratopswassetto6.7meterstoscaledownwhenwedidreconstruction.
TheHeadofFrederiktheLokiceratops
FrederiktheLokiceratopshadagiantheadwithtwoincrediblyhugesickle-likehornsstandingatopitsfrill.Thesetwoenormoushornswereuncommonamongceratopsians.
Inadditiontothesetwosickle-shapedhorns,therewereanothertwoasymmetricalsmallhornsinthemiddleofFrederik’sfrill,whichmadeitlookmoredifferent.
FrederiktheLokiceratopshadapairoflonghornsthatextendedforwardandsideward.Also,alongthemarginofitsmassiveheadfrill,therewereexaggeratedepiparietals.
TheheadofFrederiktheLokiceratopsaccountedforaboutone-thirdofitsbody.Relativelyspeaking,itstorsowasveryshort,withahighlybulgedback.Ithadamassivepelvis,verystouthindlimbs,andashorttail.