Machairoceratops cronusi Lund et al. 2016 (ceratopsid)

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

Belongs to Machairoceratops according to E. K. Lund et al. 2016

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: UMNH VP 20550, a partial skull. Its type locality is UMNH VP Loc. 1654, Star Seep, which is in a Campanian terrestrial mudstone in the Wahweap Formation of Utah.

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at UMNH VP Loc. 1654, Star Seep

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