Rubeosaurus ovatus Gilmore 1930 (ceratopsid)

Reptilia - Ornithischia - Ceratopsidae

Alternative combination: Styracosaurus ovatus

Full reference: C. W. Gilmore. 1930. On dinosaurian reptiles from the Two Medicine Formation of Montana. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 77(16):1-39

Belongs to Rubeosaurus according to A. T. McDonald 2011

See also Brown and Schlaikjer 1937, Dodson and Currie 1990, Dodson et al. 2004, Farke et al. 2011, Gilmore 1930, Hieronymus et al. 2009, Kuhn 1964, Lull 1933, McDonald and Horner 2010, Ryan et al. 2007 and Trexler 2001

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: USNM 11869, a skull. Its type locality is S. ovatus type, Milk River (USNM 11869), which is in a Campanian terrestrial horizon in the Two Medicine Formation of Montana.

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of United States (2: Montana collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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