Cerapoda Ceratopsia Coronosauria Dinosauria Genasauria Late Cretaceous Leptoceratopsidae Marginocephalia Neoceratopsia Neornithischia North America Ornithischia

Montanoceratops cerorhynchus

Dinosaur: Montanoceratops cerorhynchus

Cretaceous: 72.1–66 Ma

TRIASSIC

JURASSIC

CRETACEOUS

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Type: Ceratops

*Length:**	2.8 m	9.2 ft
*Weight:**	230 kg	507 lb

ESR: 3 / 4 (estimated size reliability)
*The largest known specimen

Area: North America

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

Classification

Dinosauria
Ornithischia
Genasauria
Neornithischia
Cerapoda
Marginocephalia
Ceratopsia
Neoceratopsia
Coronosauria
Leptoceratopsidae

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".

Locations

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