# Kosmoceratops -- the Ceratopsian Dinosaur with 15 horns

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kosmoceratops-the-ceratopsian-dinosaur-with-15-horns/554676>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [September 22, 2010, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kosmoceratops-the-ceratopsian-dinosaur-with-15-horns/554676 "2010-09-22T18:02:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\
**Post date:** [September 22, 2010, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kosmoceratops-the-ceratopsian-dinosaur-with-15-horns/554676/1 "2010-09-22T18:02:02Z")

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Beats out the five-horned Pentaceratops I knew about as a kid. Of course, most of the horns are inward-pointing and at the top of the frill, so I’m not sure they should count

> **[Meet Triceratops' cousin: The amazing dinosaur with 15 horns that looked like...](https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1314318/The-dinosaur-15-horns-looked-like-rhino-supersized-head.html)**
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> Kosmoceratops richardsoni was a cousin of the famous Triceratops, but instead of just three horns it had 15.

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**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\
**Post date:** [September 22, 2010, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kosmoceratops-the-ceratopsian-dinosaur-with-15-horns/554676/2 "2010-09-22T18:05:46Z")

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It looks like a dinosaur mullet

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**Author:** ![GargoyleWB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gargoylewb/32/199_2.png) [@GargoyleWB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GargoyleWB)\
**Post date:** [September 22, 2010, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kosmoceratops-the-ceratopsian-dinosaur-with-15-horns/554676/3 "2010-09-22T20:16:59Z")

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Bwahaha! He’ll never get any ladies with that comb-over, he should just shave those horns off.

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**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\
**Post date:** [September 22, 2010, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kosmoceratops-the-ceratopsian-dinosaur-with-15-horns/554676/4 "2010-09-22T20:18:06Z")

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“Fuck it, we’re going to 15!”

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**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\
**Post date:** [September 22, 2010, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kosmoceratops-the-ceratopsian-dinosaur-with-15-horns/554676/5 "2010-09-22T20:51:01Z")

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> [@GargoyleWB](#):
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> Bwahaha! He’ll never get any ladies with that comb-over, he should just shave those horns off.

Yeah, it looks like he’s just trying to hide something.

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**Author:** ![Miss\_Woodhouse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/838e76/32.png) [@Miss\_Woodhouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miss_Woodhouse)\
**Post date:** [September 22, 2010, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kosmoceratops-the-ceratopsian-dinosaur-with-15-horns/554676/6 "2010-09-22T21:13:44Z")

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So is that Kosmo as in Cosmo Kramer?

to be serious, though, I have an eight year old son who thanks you for the link. He’s all kinds of dinosaur crazy these days and got a kick out of seeing the article.