Kosmoceratops coloring page

Welcome to my free coloring pages blog.  Today's new drawing is of Kosmoceratops.

 Kosmoceratops Mother and Calf

Kosmoceratops was a Chasmosaruine type of Ceratopsian dinosaur that lived in the Cretaceous Period in what is now Southern Utah.  It was discovered in the Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument.  It is the most decorated of all the horned dinosaurs.  In fact, the Genus name of Kosmoceratops means "ornate horned face."  It had 15 total horns on its frill and face.  

It was about 15 feet or 4.5 meters long and weighed around 1.3 tons.  It was a herbivore and lived in what was at the time a much wetter place than Southern Utah is now.  It was wetlands and tropical forests and a nearby sea.  At the time North America was divided by an inland sea. 

This drawing is of a mother and her calf.  The calf in the foreground.  The calf is eating fern as the mother watches in the background of the drawing.  Note that there are several species of grass growing. Fairly recent discoveries show (via coprolite or fossilized feces) that herbivorous dinosaurs of the Cretaceous were eating 5 different species of grass before the meteorite put an end to all the fun.  

We recently made a trip to visit family in Kanab, Utah and we went over to see the visitor's center and museum at the Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument and saw the skull of this spectacular dinosaur.  I bought a toy version of the dinosaur. Today I drew it for you.  The toy is for my grandchildren but I DO have quite a collection of these high-quality dinosaurs and other prehistoric animal toys.  

NOTE:  This drawing, in printable form, can be found by clicking on the button labeled "Paleontology" and scrolling down the list to the end of the Mesozoic Era section.  Then click on the title and you'll get a printable coloring page.