Xenoceratops Ryan et al. 2012 (ceratopsid)

Reptilia - Ornithischia - Ceratopsidae

Full reference: M. J. Ryan, D. C. Evans, and K. M. Shepherd. 2012. A new ceratopsid from the Foremost Formation (middle Campanian) of Alberta. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 49:1251-1262

Parent taxon: Centrosaurinae according to M. J. Ryan et al. 2017

See also Evans and Ryan 2015 and Ryan et al. 2012

Sister taxa: Brachyceratops, Centrosaurini, Diabloceratops, Machairoceratops, Menefeeceratops, Monoclonius, Nasutoceratopsini, Pachyrhinosaurini, Sinoceratops, Stellasaurus, Wendiceratops

Subtaxa: Xenoceratops foremostensis

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Type: Xenoceratops foremostensis

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at Chin Coulee Site No. 2 (Wann Langston Jr. 1958) (Cretaceous of Alberta)

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