Dinosaurs · Ceratopsian

Torosaurus

Say it tor-oh-SORE-us. The name means ‘bull lizard’.

Torosaurus beside a person 1.75 m tall. Ticks mark every metre.Body shape drawn for this site, showing the general build of ceratopsians
Length
7.5 m
Diet
Plant-eater
When
Late Cretaceous70 to 66 million years ago
Fossils found in
Canada, USA
Named by
Marsh (1891)
Family tree
Dinosauria › Ornithischia › Ceratopsidae › Chasmosaurinae
TriassicJurassicCretaceousTorosaurus252 Ma66 Ma
Where Torosaurus 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

Other ceratopsians

Source: Torosaurus 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.