Fun Monoclonius Facts For Kids
The Monoclonius was found to have lived during the Late Cretaceous upper layers of the Judith River Formation in Montana, United States. The Monoclonius roamed the Earth during the Late Cretaceous period around 75 million years ago.
The habitat of the Monoclonius crassus was primarily terrestrial in nature with a vast variety of tundra, taigas, temperate deciduous forests, tropical rainforests, grasslands, and deserts. The adult Monoclonius was a very large dinosaur with big characteristic features. It roamed the earth during the early ceratopsian period.
They had huge flat feet with small nails. This species had a huge skull that was very heavy and was often held very close to the ground.
Its skull was 6 ft (1.8 m) long, where the head was measured from beak to frill. It even had prominent strong horns. This species had a four-horned skull.
The head had a small frill on it with a single upward pointed nose horn and two smaller horns over the eyes. The diet of the Monoclonius dinosaurs was primarily a combination of leaves, seeds, plants, and twigs.
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