Cerasinops
Name:
Cerasinops
(Cherry face).
Phonetic: Seh-rass-e-nopz.
Named By: B. J. Chinnery & J. R.
Horner - 2007.
Classification: Chordata, Reptilia, Dinosauria,
Ornithischia, Cerapoda, Ceratopsia, Leptoceratopsidae?
Species: C. hodgskissi
(type).
Diet: Herbivore.
Size: Roughly about 2.4-2.5 meters long.
Known locations: USA, Montana - Two Medicine
Formation.
Time period: Campanian of the Cretaceous.
Fossil representation: Partial remains of at least
three individuals.
Cerasinops is a genus of medium sized neoceratopsian dinosaur that lived in North America during the late Cretaceous.
Further reading
- A new neoceratopsian dinosaur linking North American and Asian
taxa. - Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 27(3):625-641.
- B. J. Chinnery & J. R. Horner - 2007.
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