Diabloceratops is an extinct genus of ceratopsian dinosaur that lived in Utah during the Late Cretaceous period. The type species, D. eatoni, was described in 2010 and was named "devil-horned face" due to the appearance of the skull. The specific name honors Jeffrey Eaton, a paleontologist at Weber State University and a long time friend of Jim Kirkland, the one who discovered the beast. At the time of its discovery, it was the oldest centrosaurine known, and one from latitudes south of the U.S. state of Montana. This dinosaur was a medium-sized moderately built, ground-dwelling that could grow up to an estimated 4,5 meters in length and 1,3 metric tons in body mass.
Fossils of Diabloceratops were discovered in the Wahweap Formation. At such, it is a dinosaur that coexisted with other prehistoric animals, including mammals, salamanders, and of course, other dinosaurs. They ranged from hadrosaurs like Brachylophosaurus, ceratopsians like Machairoceratops, unnamed ankylosaurs as well as a pachycephalosaurid, and the tyrannosaur Lythronax.
Games[]
Jurassic World: Primal Ops[]
Diabloceratops was going to be in the game before the game shut down in October of 2022.[1] Had it been added, it would have been placed in the Triceratops family.
Jurassic World Play[]
Diabloceratops is among the dinosaurs in the app. The code for the Jurassic World: Dino Trackers Diabloceratops toy must be scanned to unlock. This is the first time it physically appeared in a game.
Jurassic World: Alive[]
See: Diabloceratops/JW: A
Diabloceratops is an omega resilient non-hybrid dinosaur that was added to the game in Update 3.0 alongside Stegouros and Toro. [2]
Jurassic World: The Game[]
see Diabloceratops/JW: TG
Diabloceratops is a tournament dinosaur that was released in Jurassic World: The Game on November 22, 2024. Like many other recent creatures, its model is from Jurassic World: Alive.
Toys[]
Jurassic World: Dino Trackers[]
Diabloceratops appear in the toyline Wild Roar of Jurassic World: Dino Trackers. This is the first time it has appeared in a Jurassic Park toy set.
Funko[]
Diabloceratops appeared as a Funko POP! Movies special edition vinyl figure exclusive to the Funko store and website as part of the Jurassic World: Rebirth™ collection.
Behind the Scenes[]
In a scrapped concept art of Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous, a hybrid of Diabloceratops, Styracosaurus, Lambeosaurus, Sauropelta, and Psittacosaurus appeared.
Trivia[]
- Despite not appearing in the theatrical edition of Jurassic World: Rebirth, Diabloceratops was "confirmed" via the release of both an NBC article[3] detailing the characters and Dinosaurs of Jurassic World Rebirth, and a Jurassic World Rebirth themed release of the Diabloceratops Funko Pop![4] It is unknown if it was cut late into development, or the article mistook the merchaindise as confirmation.
