Every month, 100,000 readers use the Dinosaur Database, but we receive no support from you. Developing and updating the database requires a lot of work. If you want it to remain open and be updated, please support us via the "Buy us a coffee" button available on every page or via the Support page.
Dinosaur: Pentaceratops fenestratus
| Length*: | 5.6 m | 18.4 ft |
| Weight*: | 2.1 t | 4,630 lb |
*The largest known specimen
Period
Epoch: Late Cretaceous
Stage: Late Campanian
Years: 83.6–72.1 Ma
Details
Status: nomen dubium /S > Pentaceratops sternbergii
Author: Wiman
Year: 1930
Distribution
Area: North America
Country: USA
Region: New Mexico
Formation: Kirtland
Sources
Material: Almost complete skull.
References: Denver Warwick Fowler & Elizabeth A. Freedman Fowler (2020). "Transitional evolutionary forms in chasmosaurine ceratopsid dinosaurs: evidence from the Campanian of New Mexico".
