Canadian dinosaurs · Drawing 20 of 32
Regaliceratops
Alberta · Late Cretaceous
Regaliceratops’s frill looks like a crown. Its large nose horn and small horns above the eyes make an unusual combination.
Did you know?
It received its scientific name in 2015.
Look together
Which shapes make up its crown?
An idea to try
Invent a border made of large geometric shapes.
For the adult reading along
A little more to discover
Regaliceratops peterhewsi was described in 2015 from a nearly complete skull found near Alberta’s Oldman River. Large plates around the frill are distinctive. Its body is reconstructed from related ceratopsians because this skull does not preserve a complete body.
Look together: Which shapes make up its crown? Invent a border made of large geometric shapes.
Sources and illustration notes (1)
Simplified reconstruction informed by fossils and scientific comparisons. The pose, colours and setting are not directly known. Animals are not drawn to the same scale.
These links lead to other websites. Explore them with an adult. Source titles appear in their original language; some linked pages are in French.
- Brown and Henderson (2015): A New Horned DinosaurSee the scene’s factual text and editorial source notes.
Source review: 2026-10-02. Illustrations are simplified for colouring.
