Horned dinosaurs are divided into two main groups: Centrosaurinae with short frills, large nasal һoгпѕ, and shorter brow һoгпѕ; and Chasmosaurinae with long frills, short nasal һoгпѕ, and longer brow һoгпѕ.
The discovery of Regaliceratops allowed paleontologists to better understand the Centrosaurines and Chasmosaurines. Regaliceratops has features of both groups, but its ornamentation is more similar to the Centrosaurines.
Regaliceratops peterhewsi had three һoгпѕ, the һoгпѕ placed near its brows were larger than its nose horn.This dinosaur is considered as an ‘odd animal that just has the fасe of a dinosaur’, it is closely related to Triceratops, and other horned dinosaurs that belong to the Chasmosaurines group.
Regaliceratops peterhewsi and its relatives are physically characterized by its distinctive brow һoгпѕ, and the smaller horn on top of its nose, the frills, and its patterns are quite simple among this ѕрeсіeѕ, with a few plates around the edges, unlike the other groups of dinosaurs such as Ceratopsians and Centrosaurines, who have larger nose һoгпѕ and no brow һoгпѕ, and whose frills are adorned with spikes.
Regaliceratops was a horned dinosaur that grew up to 5 meters long and 1.5 meters tall, weighing around 1,500 kilograms.
Regaliceratops peterhewsi, a herbivorous dinosaur, lived near forests, riversides, floodplains, and swamps for food and water. They reproduced sexually, with males depositing sperm inside females who would later lay fertilized eggs.
Giant reptiles with hard-shelled eggs dug burrows in the soil to nest. The eggs were amniotic, meaning the fetus was protected and nourished by a membrane.