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Dinosaur: Montanoceratops cerorhynchus
| Length*: | 2.8 m | 9.2 ft |
| Weight*: | 230 kg | 507 lb |
*The largest known specimen
Period
Epoch: Late Cretaceous
Stage: Early Maastrichtian
Years: 72.1–66 Ma
Details
Status: valid
Author: Sternberg
Year: 1951
Distribution
Area: North America
Country: USA, Canada
Region: Montana, Alberta
Formation: St. Mary River, Horseshoe Canyon
Locations
Sources
Material: Skull fragments and partial skeleton, referred 3 (?) individuals.
References: Chinnery, B. J.; Weishampel, D. B. (1998). "Montanoceratops cerorhynchus (Dinosauria: Ceratopsia) and relationships among basal neoceratopsians".
