Diceratosaurus brevirostris is an extinct genus of nectridian lepospondyl within the family Keraterpetontidae that lived in the Late Carboniferous Pennsylvanian and lasted from approximately 323.2 million years ago to 298.9 million years ago.
Diceratosaurus fossils were first described by Edward Drinker Cope in 1874.
The species D. brevirostris is well known from Jefferson County, Ohio, and approximately 50 specimens have been collected from the Ohio Diamond Coal Mine. The mine was situated in the village of Linton, which fell into darkness shortly after operations were completed and the mine closed in 1921.
Approximate measurements of the Diceratosaurus:
Diceratosaurus fossils were first described by Edward Drinker Cope in 1874.
The species D. brevirostris is well known from Jefferson County, Ohio, and approximately 50 specimens have been collected from the Ohio Diamond Coal Mine. The mine was situated in the village of Linton, which fell into darkness shortly after operations were completed and the mine closed in 1921.
Approximate measurements of the Diceratosaurus:
- Scale 1:20 Complete
- Length 31mm
- Height 22mm
- Snout-tail length 60 mm
- Scale 1:10 Complete
- Length 62 mm
- Height 44 mm
- Snout-tail length 120 mm
- Scale 1:5 Complete
- Length 124 mm
- Height 87 mm
- Snout-tail length 240 mm
- Base diameter 190 mm
