Kosmoceratops Sampson et al. 2010 (ceratopsid)

Reptilia - Ornithischia - Ceratopsidae

Full reference: S. D. Sampson, M. A. Loewen, A. A. Farke, E. M. Roberts, C. A. Forster, J. A. Smith, and A. L. Titus. 2010. New horned dinosaurs from Utah provide evidence for intracontinental dinosaur endemism. PLoS One 5(9):e12292:1-12

Parent taxon: Chasmosaurinae according to N. R. Longrich 2014

See also Maidment and Barrett 2011 and Sampson et al. 2010

Sister taxa: Agujaceratops, Anchiceratops, Arrhinoceratops, Bisticeratops, Bravoceratops, Ceratops, Chasmosaurus, Coahuilaceratops, Judiceratops, Medusaceratops, Navajoceratops, Pentaceratops, Sierraceratops, Spiclypeus, Terminocavus, Triceratopsini, Utahceratops, Vagaceratops

Subtaxa: Kosmoceratops richardsoni

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Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of United States (2: Utah collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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