Crittendenceratops

Krit-ten--en-seh-rah-tops.
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Benjamin Gutierrez

Vertebrate Paleontologist

Benjamin Gutierrez is a leading expert on dinosaurs, particularly the mighty theropods. His fieldwork in South America has uncovered new species and provided insights into dinosaur social structures.

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Name

Crittendenceratops ‭(‬Fort Crittenden Formation horned face‭).

Phonetic

Krit-ten--en-seh-rah-tops.

Named By

S.‭ ‬G.‭ ‬Dalman,‭ ‬J.-P.‭ ‬M.‭ ‬Hodnett,‭ ‬A.‭ ‬J.‭ ‬Lichtig‭ & ‬S.‭ ‬G.‭ ‬Lucas‭ ‬-‭ ‬2018.

Classification

Chordata,‭ ‬Reptilia,‭ ‬Dinosauria,‭ ‬Ornithischia,‭ ‬Ceratopsidae,‭ ‬Centrosaurinae,‭ ‬Nasutoceratopsini.

Diet

Herbivore.

Species

C.‭ ‬krzyzanowskii‭

Size

Uncertain.

Known locations

USA,‭ ‬Arizona‭ ‬-‭ ‬Fort Crittenden Formation.

Time Period

Campanian of the Cretaceous.

Fossil representation

Partial skull.

In Depth

       Crittendenceratops is a genus of ceratopsian dinosaur that lived in Western portion of North America during the late Cretaceous.‭ ‬While many fossils of various types of animals have been discovered in the Fort Crittenden Formation of Arizona,‭ ‬Crittendenceratops is the first distinct genus to be named from this formation.

Further Reading

-‭ ‬A new ceratopsid dinosaur‭ (‬Centrosaurinae:‭ ‬Nasutoceratopsini‭) ‬from the Fort Crittenden Formation,‭ ‬Upper Cretaceous‭ (‬Campanian‭) ‬of Arizona.‭ ‬-‭ ‬New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin‭ ‬79:141-164.‭ ‬-‭ ‬S.‭ ‬G.‭ ‬Dalman,‭ ‬J.-P.‭ ‬M.‭ ‬Hodnett,‭ ‬A.‭ ‬J.‭ ‬Lichtig‭ & ‬S.‭ ‬G.‭ ‬Lucas‭ ‬-‭ ‬2018.

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