Also known as Kosmoceratops type
Where: Garfield County, Utah (37.6° N, 111.9° W: paleocoordinates 45.6° N, 83.0° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Middle Member (Kaiparowits Formation), Late/Upper Campanian (83.5 - 70.6 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: "channel"; silty sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: soft parts
Collected by S. Richardson in 2009
Collection methods: quarrying, surface (in situ),
Primary reference: E. M. Roberts, A. L. Titus, and J. G. Eaton. 2009. Late Cretaceous Depositional Systems and Paleontology of the Southern Sevier Foreland Basin, South Central Utah. Advances in Western Interior Cretaceous Geology and Paleontology Field Trip Guide, May 24th 2009. 1-22 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 131868: authorized by Graeme Lloyd, entered by Graeme Lloyd on 31.07.2012, edited by Matthew Carrano
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Kosmoceratops richardsoni n. gen. n. sp.1
Kosmoceratops richardsoni n. gen. n. sp.1 Sampson et al. 2010 ceratopsid UMNH VP 17000; "Kaiparowits new taxon A"
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