Regaliceratops peterhewsi Brown and Henderson 2015 (ceratopsid)

Reptilia - Neornithischia - Ceratopsidae

The holotype and only known specimen is Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology (TMP) 2005.055.0001, a nearly complete cranium (skull excluding lower jaw) missing only the rostral bone. Palatal and braincase regions are obscured by matrix.

Full reference: C. M. Brown and D. M. Henderson. 2015. A new horned dinosaur reveals convergent evolution in cranial ornamentation in Ceratopsidae. Current Biology 25:1641-1648

Belongs to Regaliceratops according to C. M. Brown and D. M. Henderson 2015

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: TMP 2005.055.0001, a skull. Its type locality is Waldron Flats, which is in a Maastrichtian terrestrial horizon in the St. Mary River Formation of Canada.

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at Waldron Flats

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