Spinops Farke et al. 2011 (ceratopsid)

Reptilia - Ornithischia - Ceratopsidae

Full reference: A. A. Farke, M. J. Ryan, P. M. Barrett, D. H. Tanke, D. R. Braman, M. A. Loewen, and M. R. Graham. 2011. A new centrosaurine from the Late Cretaceous of Alberta, Canada, and the evolution of parietal ornamentation in horned dinosaurs. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 56(4):691-702

Parent taxon: Centrosaurini according to M. J. Ryan et al. 2017

See also Evans and Ryan 2015 and Farke et al. 2011

Sister taxa: Centrosaurus, Coronosaurus, Rubeosaurus, Styracosaurus

Subtaxa: Spinops sternbergorum

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Type: Spinops sternbergorum

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at Spinops type, Berry Creek (Cretaceous of Alberta)

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