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Dinosaur: Chasmosaurus brevirostris
| Length*: | 5.1 m | 16.7 ft |
| Weight*: | 1.4 t | 3,086 lb |
*The largest known specimen
Period
Epoch: Late Cretaceous
Stage: Middle-Late Campanian
Years: 83.6–72.1 Ma
Details
Status: S > Chasmosaurus belli
Author: Lull
Year: 1933
Distribution
Area: North America
Country: Canada
Region: Alberta
Formation: Dinosaur Park
Sources
Material: Almost complete skull and partial skeleton.
References: Campbell, Ryan, Holmes & Schröder-Adams (2016). A Re-Evaluation of the chasmosaurine ceratopsid genus Chasmosaurus (Dinosauria: Ornithischia) from the Upper Cretaceous (Campanian) Dinosaur Park Formation of Western Canada.
