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Dinosaur: Torosaurus latus
| Length*: | 8 m | 26.2 ft |
| Weight*: | 7 t | 15,432 lb |
*The largest known specimen
Period
Epoch: Late Cretaceous
Stage: Late Maastrichtian
Years: 72.1–66 Ma
Details
Status: S > Triceratops horridus
Author: Marsh
Year: 1891
Distribution
Area: North America
Country: USA, Canada
Region: Wyoming, Montana, South Dakota, North Dakota, Colorado, Saskatchewan
Formation: Lance, Hell Creek, Laramie, Frenchman
Locations
Sources
Material: At least 10 individuals (mostly skulls).
References: Sullivan, R.M., Boere, A.C. & Lucas, S.G. (2005) "Redescription of the ceratopsid dinosaur Torosaurus utahensis (Gilmore, 1946) and a revision of the genus".
Longrich, N. R. & Field, D. J. (2012). "Torosaurus is not Triceratops: Ontogeny in chasmosaurine ceratopsids as a case study in dinosaur taxonomy".
McDonald, A.T., Campbell, C.E. & Thomas, B. (2016) "A New Specimen of the Controversial Chasmosaurine Torosaurus latus (Dinosauria: Ceratopsidae) from the Upper Cretaceous Hell Creek Formation of Montana.
