Kosmoceratops richardsoni 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

Belongs to Kosmoceratops according to N. R. Longrich 2014

See also Loewen et al. 2013, Maidment and Barrett 2011, Mallon et al. 2022, Mallon et al. 2016 and Sampson et al. 2010

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: UMNH VP 17000, a skull. Its type locality is UMNH VP 890, GS-ENM, which is in a Campanian channel sandstone in the Kaiparowits Formation of Utah.

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of United States (2: Utah collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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