page_title: Anchiceratops
section_title: Classification
hierarchical_section_title: Anchiceratops / Classification
caption_attribution_description: Anchiceratops (ANG-ki-SER-a-tops; meaning "near horned face", derived from the Greek "anchi -/αγχι-" "near", "cerat-/κερατ-" "horn", "-ops/ωψ" "face") is a genus of chasmosaurine ceratopsid dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous Period of western North America.
context_page_description: Anchiceratops was a kind of plant-eating dinosaur. It had a long frill on the back of its head and three horns on its face. There were two long ones above its eyes and one shorter one on its nose. It was similar to Triceratops, which also had these features. Anchiceratops was found in the Horseshoe Canyon Formation, which is a fossil site in Alberta. There is just one species of Anchiceratops, A. ornatus.
context_section_description: Anchiceratops was classified like this by Scott Sampson in 2010. This family tree shows many related ceratopsids.
caption: Reconstruction
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