Monoclonius Cope 1876 (ceratopsid)

Reptilia - Ornithischia - Ceratopsidae

Full reference: E. D. Cope. 1876. Descriptions of some vertebrate remains from the Fort Union Beds of Montana. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 28:248-261

Parent taxon: Centrosaurinae according to P. Dodson et al. 2004

See also Abel 1924, Brown 1917, Carroll 1988, Chakravarti 1934, Charig 1967, Clemens 1986, Cope 1876, Cope 1876, Cope 1877, Cope 1883, Cope 1889, Cope 1889, Dodson 1983, Dodson 1990, Dodson 1997, Dodson 1997, Dodson and Currie 1990, Eberth 1997, Farke et al. 2011, Gregory and Mook 1925, Hatcher et al. 1907, Hay 1902, Hay 1930, Huene 1909, Huene 1927, Huene 1950, Joleaud 1922, Kuhn 1964, Lambe 1902, Lambe 1905, Lambe 1905, Lambe 1911, Lehman 1981, Lehman 1990, Lull 1906, Lull 1924, Lull 1933, Marsh 1895, Marsh 1896, Matthew 1915, Molnar 1980, Nopcsa 1901, Nopcsa 1928, Nopcsa 1929, Ostrom and Wellnhofer 1986, Parsch 1963, Powell 1973, Romer 1956, Romer 1966, Russell 1930, Russell 1984, Seeley 1892, Sternberg 1940, Sternberg 1949, Swinton 1970, Tatarinov 1964, von Zittel 1911, Wolberg 1980 and Zittel 1890

Sister taxa: Albertaceratops, Brachyceratops, Centrosaurini, Diabloceratops, Machairoceratops, Menefeeceratops, Nasutoceratopsini, Pachyrhinosaurini, Sinoceratops, Stellasaurus, Wendiceratops, Xenoceratops

Subtaxa: Monoclonius crassus Monoclonius fissus Monoclonius recurvicornis Monoclonius sphenocerus

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Type: Monoclonius crassus

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Canada (6: Alberta collections), United States (7: Montana, New Mexico)

Total: 13 collections each including a single occurrence

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