Styracosaurus

## *Styracosaurus albertensis*

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* Shoreline
* Jagged
* Psychedelic

## Diet

 Plants

> *"Meet Styracosaurus! This medium sized ceratopsian is famous for its heavily ornamented frill, as fit for flashy displays as it is for self defence and combat."*
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Styracosaurus is a large herbivorous ceratopsian that lived in the northern regions of North America during the Late Cretaceous. Known for its spiky frill and lengthy nasal horn, Styracosaurus remains a popular dinosaur.

## In-Game

### Description

A well-known animal, owing to its uniquely prickly appearance, Syracosaurus is renowned for its lengthy nasal and frill horns. Comparable to the modern day rhinoceros in size, Styracosaurus is no push-over and more than capable of wielding its impressive array of horns to defend itself. In Prehistoric Kingdom, Styracosaurus's back is littered with a number of thorny quills, similar to the quilled tail of its much smaller relative Psittacosaurus, giving Styracosaurus an overall appearance similar to a giant prehistoric porcupine.

### In-Game Trivia

"*With a head like that, we must be looking at a Styracosaurus.*"

"*Styracosaurus belongs to a group of ceratopsians called centrosaurines, which tend to have longer nasal horns, shorter brow horns, and spiny frills. The famous* *Triceratops, in contrast, belongs to the chasmosaurines, which instead favor longer brow horns and long, simple frills.*"

"*The fossil record shows a bonebed of what was assumed to be a herd of these animals, but from what I've found they're far more antisocial than expected… Perhaps a result of modern climate conditions or irregularities in the genome? I'll leave that up for you to decide.*"

"*The purpose of those gorgeous frills has long vexed paleontologists. Were they primarily for display? Temperature regulation, or neck protection? Now that we have one in the flesh, hopefully we can solve this mystery once and for all!*"

## Paleontology

Styracosaurus was found and named in 1913 by palaeontologist Lawrence Lambe. Its name means "spiked lizard".

## Gallery

* Photos
* Renders
* Animations
* Concept Art

A pair of jagged Styracosaurus in an enclosure.A coastal Styracosaurus in a marshy environment.A sleeping psychedelic Styracosaurus.

Website Render.Render of Styracasaurus' unnamed skin from Cindy's Artstation.Render of Styracasaurus' Shoreline skin from Cindy's Artstation.Render of Styracasaurus' Psychedelic skin from Cindy's Artstation.Styracosaurus Species Profile using outdated model.

Styracosaurus Walk Cycle using outdated model.Styracosaurus Run Cycle using outdated model.

Concept art of the Redone Psychedelic skin.Old Styracosaurus concept art of two skins no longer ingame.Concept art for the cut Tribal skin

## Trivia

* Styracosaurus was one of the dinosaurs available in Prehistoric Kingdom’s alpha.
* Styracosaurus’s new skins and updated model were first shown off in the Early Access Launch trailer.
* A popular dinosaur, Styracosaurus has regularly appeared in multiple pieces of media, including Disney's *Dinosaur* and the *Jurassic Park* franchise.
* Unlike Triceratops, which is a Chasmosaurine ceratopsian with its distinctive pair of brow horns, Styracosaurus is a Centrosaurine ceratopsian, more closely related to Pachyrhinosaurus. Derived members of this group are famous for their distinctive long nose horn or boss, and lack of brow horns.