Pentaceratops Osborn 1923 (ceratopsid)

Reptilia - Ornithischia - Ceratopsidae

Full reference: H. F. Osborn. 1923. A new genus and species of Ceratopsia from New Mexico, Pentaceratops sternbergii. American Museum Novitates 93:1-3

Parent taxon: Chasmosaurinae according to D. C. Evans and M. J. Ryan 2015

See also Carroll 1988, Diem and Archibald 2005, Dodson 1997, Dodson 1997, Dodson and Currie 1990, Dodson et al. 2004, Farke 2004, Farke 2011, Farke et al. 2011, Forster and Sereno 1993, Fowler and Freedman Fowler 2020, Gilmore 1935, Hay 1930, Huene 1950, Huene 1959, Hunt and Lehman 2008, Kuhn 1964, Lehman 1981, Lehman 1989, Lehman 1990, Lehman 1993, Lehman 1996, Lehman 1998, Longrich 2010, Longrich 2014, Lucas et al. 2006, Lull 1933, Nopcsa 1928, Olshevsky and Ford 1994, Osborn 1923, Ostrom and Wellnhofer 1986, Powell 1973, Rage 1981, Romer 1956, Romer 1966, Rowe et al. 1981, Russell 1930, Russell 1984, Ryan 1997, Ryan 1997, Ryan 2007, Ryan et al. 2010, Sternberg 1949, Swinton 1970, Tatarinov 1964, Wolberg 1980, Wu et al. 2007 and Xu et al. 2010

Sister taxa: Agujaceratops, Anchiceratops, Arrhinoceratops, Bisticeratops, Bravoceratops, Ceratops, Chasmosaurus, Coahuilaceratops, Judiceratops, Kosmoceratops, Medusaceratops, Navajoceratops, Sierraceratops, Spiclypeus, Terminocavus, Triceratopsini, Utahceratops, Vagaceratops

Subtaxa: Pentaceratops sternbergii

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Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of United States (13: Colorado, New Mexico, Texas collections)

Total: 13 collections each including a single occurrence

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