Pachyrhinosaurus perotorum Fiorillo and Tykoski 2012 (ceratopsid)

Reptilia - Ornithischia - Ceratopsidae

Full reference: A. R. Fiorillo and R. S. Tykoski. 2012. A new Maastrichtian species of the centrosaurine ceratopsid Pachyrhinosaurus from the North Slope of Alaska. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 57(3):561-573

Belongs to Pachyrhinosaurus according to A. R. Fiorillo and R. S. Tykoski 2012

See also Lund et al. 2016, Mori et al. 2016, Sakagami and Kawabe 2020 and Tykoski and Fiorillo 2013

Sister taxa: Pachyrhinosaurus canadensis, Pachyrhinosaurus lakustai

Type specimen: DMNH21200, a partial skull. Its type locality is Kikak-Tegoseak Quarry, which is in a Maastrichtian delta plain siltstone/sandstone in the Prince Creek Formation of Alaska.

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at Kikak-Tegoseak Quarry

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