Avaceratops Dodson 1986 (ceratopsid)

Reptilia - Ornithischia - Ceratopsidae

Full reference: P. Dodson. 1986. Avaceratops lammersi: a new ceratopsid from the Judith River Formation of Montana. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 138(2):305-317

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

See also Dodson 1986, Dodson 1990, Dodson 1997, Dodson and Currie 1990, Dodson et al. 2004, Evans and Ryan 2015, Farke 2004, Farke et al. 2011, Lehman 1990, Longrich 2010, Longrich 2013, McDonald 2011, Olshevsky and Ford 1994, Penkalski 1993, Penkalski and Dodson 1999 and Ryan et al. 2010

Sister taxa: Crittendenceratops, Furcatoceratops, Nasutoceratops, Yehuecauhceratops

Subtaxa: Avaceratops lammersi

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Type: Avaceratops lammersi

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at Careless Creek Quarry (CCQ) (Cretaceous of Montana)

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