Spinops sternbergorum Farke et al. 2011 (ceratopsid)

Reptilia - Ornithischia - Ceratopsidae

Full reference: A. A. Farke, M. J. Ryan, P. M. Barrett, D. H. Tanke, D. R. Braman, M. A. Loewen, and M. R. Graham. 2011. A new centrosaurine from the Late Cretaceous of Alberta, Canada, and the evolution of parietal ornamentation in horned dinosaurs. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 56(4):691-702

Belongs to Spinops according to A. A. Farke et al. 2011

See also Lund et al. 2016

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: NHMUK R16307, a partial skull. Its type locality is Spinops type, Berry Creek, which is in a Campanian terrestrial horizon in the Oldman Formation of Canada.

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at Spinops type, Berry Creek

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