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Styracosaurus was a dinosaur that lived in the Cretaceous Period about 75 million years ago. It had a single horn on its snout and at least eight horns on its neck frill. It was related to the later Triceratops and more closely to Pachyrhinosaurus. It appeared in Disney's 2000 CGI film Dinosaur and its corresponding ride DINOSAUR.

Appearances[]

Dinosaur[]

Styracosaurus appear in the herd that appears just after Aladar is chased by the Velociraptors.

The Good Dinosaur[]

Forrest Woodbush from The Good Dinosaur is a Styracosaurus. Oddly enough, however, he has the brow horns of a Triceratops as well as the nasal horn of a Styracosaurus.

Disney Parks[]

Styracosaurus appears in DINOSAUR at Disney's Animal Kingdom where it is the first dinosaur encountered. The Syracosaurus also appears as the mascot of the Dino Institute and appears on its logo.

While the ride was called "Countdown to Extinction", a model of Styracosaurus was shown on the exterior, This statue of the styracosaurus would however be relocated in-favour of a statue of Aladar the iguanodon to tie in with the film.

Styracosaurs appeared along the rivers of the Virtual Jungle Cruise in DisneyQuest.

Trivia[]

  • In the original story for Dinosaur conceived and pitched by Phil Tippett and Paul Verhoeven in 1988, the main protagonist would have been a Styracosaurus named Woot.
  • Dinosaur was the best movie Styracosaurus appeared on since "The Valley Of Gwangi" in 1969.
  • Styracosaurus is Imagineer Joe Rohde's favorite dinosaur species and this was the primary reason for its selection as the Dino Institute mascot and fountain statue before Countdown to Extinction's rebranding to Dinosaur.[1]
  • Despite being shown alongside Pachyrhinosaurus in Disney's Dinosaur, Styracosaurus lived a few million years earlier than Pachyrhinosaurus and may be its ancestor.
  • A specimen of Styracosaurus discovered in 2015 with seven horns on its frill instead of eight (three on one side and four on the other) suggests that individual Styracosaurus were unique in appearance. This could also indicate that some new ceratopsians, such as the closely related Rubeosaurus, could be Styracosaurus that were born with more or fewer horns on their frills per individual.
  • Styracosaurus is one of the best-known of the ceratopsians and is a member of the Centrosaurinae, a subfamily of ceratopsians defined by large nose horns and bosses as well as short frills.

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Media
Dinosaur (soundtrack/video) • Disney's DinosaurDinosaur Activity CenterDinosaur Song Factory
Disney Parks
Dinosaur

Fireworks: Tree of Life AwakensWonderful World of AnimationWondrous Journeys

Characters
AladarAladar's MotherBayleneBrutonEemaKronNeeraPlioSuriUrlYarZiniAlbertosaurusAnkylosaurusBaby ParasaurolophusBrachiosaurusCarnotaurusIchthyornisIguanodonOviraptorPachyrhinosaurusParasaurolophusPteranodonSpinosaurusStyracosaurusVelociraptor

Deleted: Tyrannosaurus rexTriceratopsCorythosaurusOrnithomimusTylosaurus

Locations
Nesting GroundsLemur IslandList of Locations used in Disney's Dinosaur
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