Reptilia - Ornithischia - Ceratopsidae
Full reference: E. K. Lund, P. M. O'Connor, M. A. Loewen and Z. A. Jinnah. 2016. A new centrosaurine ceratopsid, Machairoceratops cronusi gen et sp. nov., from the Upper Sand Member of the Wahweap Formation (Middle Campanian), southern Utah. PLoS ONE 11(5):e0154403:1-21
Parent taxon: Centrosaurinae according to E. K. Lund et al. 2016
Sister taxa: Brachyceratops, Centrosaurini, Diabloceratops, Menefeeceratops, Monoclonius, Nasutoceratopsini, Pachyrhinosaurini, Sinoceratops, Stellasaurus, Wendiceratops, Xenoceratops
Subtaxa: Machairoceratops cronusi
Type: Machairoceratops cronusi
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution: found only at UMNH VP Loc. 1654, Star Seep (Cretaceous of Utah)
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