Machairoceratops cronusi Variant:Unprimed Unlike many other sauropods that

Unlike many other sauropods that kept their necks horizontal or tilted slightly downward

Se caracterizaba por su cráneo robusto y corto

A pesar de su tamaño y apariencia relativamente tranquila

Within this context

Machairoceratops cronusi Variant:Unprimed Unlike many other sauropods thatMachairoceratops cronusi is a basal ceratopsian dinosaur that lived during the early Late Cretaceous , approximately 77 million years ago, in what is now southern Utah, USA. It was described in 2016 from fossil remains from the Wahweap Formation , a key geological unit for understanding the early diversification of ceratopsians in Laramidia. Its name means "bladed horned face," referring to the distinctive shape of its cranial ornamentation, while the