Monoclonius crassus
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SOLDMONOCLONIUS crassus was a medium sized, early ceratopsian and an ornithischian dinosaur, the order of bird-hipped dinosaurs. It was first described in 1876. The name Monoclonius means "thick single sprout" and refers to the single root of the teeth. Its intelligence was intermediate among the dinosaurs. It was a herbivore, it probably ate palms, cycads and other plants. It could chew them well with its cheek teeth. Monoclonius was probably a herding dinosaur and it was quite a slow-moving animal. This one-horned animal walked on all four short legs with hoofed toes. It had a bulky body and a short thick tail. Its head was huge, with a small frill on it, a single nose horn and two smaller horns over its eyes. Males may have had larger frills than females; the frill may have been used for mating purposes. Monoclonius held its head close to the ground. One nose horn pointed to upwards. It had a short snout ending in a parrot-like. Its tough, hook-like beak was toothless, but it had many cheek teeth.
LENGTH: 16.5-19.5 feet (5-6 m) long
WEIGHT: about 4780 pounds (2170 kg)
TIME - Late Cretaceous - 76-73 MYA
RANGE - USA-Montana & Canada-Alberta
SIZE - 17 feet (15 meters)
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 Monoclonius is printed on premium photo quality super "B" paper 8.5" x 11". Monoclonius is a dubious genus of herbivorous ceratopsian dinosaur found in the Late Cretaceous layers of the Judith River Formation in Montana, United States, and the uppermost rock layers of the Dinosaur Park Formation in Alberta, Canada dated to between 75 and 74.6 million years ago $20.00 |  Monoclonius crassus. Art Picture. Cretaceous period. Printed on premium photo quality super "B" paper 13" x 19". Original oil painting by Josef Moravec. Monoclonius is in the art collection of Dinosaur Corporation. Monoclonius is a dubious genus of herbivorous ceratopsian dinosaur found in the Late Cretaceous layers of the Judith River Formation in Montana, United States, and the uppermost rock layers of the Dinosaur Park Formation in Alberta, Canada dated to between 75 and 74.6 million years ago. $80.00 |
 Monoclonius crassus. Framed in 17" x 14", double matted in glass. Original art by Josef Moravec. Monoclonius is a dubious genus of herbivorous ceratopsian dinosaur found in the Late Cretaceous layers of the Judith River Formation in Montana, United States, and the uppermost rock layers of the Dinosaur Park Formation in Alberta, Canada dated to between 75 and 74.6 million years ago. $90.00 |