Dinosaurs · Ceratopsian

Protoceratops

Say it pro-toe-ker-ah-tops. The name means ‘first horned face’.

Protoceratops beside a person 1.75 m tall. Ticks mark every metre.Body shape drawn for this site, showing the general build of ceratopsians

Length: 1.8 m
Weight: 400 kg
Diet: Plant-eaterplant material
Walked: On 4 legs
When: Late Cretaceous74 to 70 million years ago
Fossils found in: China, Mongolia
Named by: Granger and Gregory (1923)
Family tree: Dinosauria › Ornithischia › Ceratopsia › Neoceratopsia › Coronosauria

Where Protoceratops sits in the age of dinosaurs.Periods from the ICS chart; dinosaur dates from the Natural History Museum

Ceratopsians. Horned and frilled plant-eaters, such as Triceratops. See all 29

Lived at the same time

Alectrosaurus · same country
Anserimimus · same country
Archaeornithomimus · same country
Borogovia · same country
Gilmoreosaurus · same country
Microceratus · same country
Mononykus · same country
Prenocephale · same country

Other ceratopsians

Anchiceratops Late Cretaceous
Einiosaurus Late Cretaceous
Pachyrhinosaurus Late Cretaceous
Arrhinoceratops Late Cretaceous
Centrosaurus Late Cretaceous
Chasmosaurus Late Cretaceous
Pentaceratops Late Cretaceous
Styracosaurus Late Cretaceous

Source: Protoceratops in the Natural History Museum Dino Directory, read 12 November 2026. Sizes are the museum's estimates for a typical adult. "Lived at the same time" lists dinosaurs whose dates overlap, which does not always mean they met.