Pronunciation: WEN-dee-SEH-ruh-tops
Meaning: Wendy horn face
Author/s: Evans and Ryan (2015)
Synonyms: None known
First Discovery: Alberta, Canada
Discovery Chart Position: #900
Wendiceratops pinhornensis
(Wendy horn face from Pinhorn)Etymology
Wendiceratops is derived from "Wendi" (for legendary Alberta dinosaur hunter Wendy Sloboda who made the discovery) and the Greek "ceras" (horn) and "ops" (face). The species epithet, pinhornensis, means "from Pinhorn" in Latin, referring to the Pinhorn Provincial Grazing Reserve in Alberta, Canada, where its fossils were found.
ZooBank registry: urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:22F3BE83-6045-489D-8F2D-FE53FC08A175.
Discovery
The remains of Wendiceratops were discovered at the "South Side Ceratopsian Bonebed" in the Oldman Formation, within the boundaries of the Pinhorn Provincial Grazing Reserve, south of the Milk River, County of Forty Mile No.8, Alberta, Canada, by Wendy Sloboda in 2010.
The holotype (TMP 2011.051.000) is a partial neck frill. Over 200 bones representing the remains of at least four individuals (three adults and one juvenile) were collected from the same bonebed.
