Pachyrhinosaurus Sternberg 1950 (ceratopsid)

Reptilia - Ornithischia - Ceratopsidae

Full reference: C. M. Sternberg. 1950. Pachyrhinosaurus canadensis, representing a new family of the Ceratopsia, from southern Alberta. National Museum of Canada Bulletin 118:109-120

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

See also Carroll 1988, Charig 1967, Dodson 1990, Dodson 1997, Dodson and Currie 1990, Dodson et al. 2004, Eberth 1997, Evans and Ryan 2015, Farke 2004, Farke et al. 2011, Fiorillo and Tykoski 2012, Huene 1950, Kuhn 1964, Kuhn 1966, Langston 1967, Langston 1968, Langston 1976, Laub 1979, Lehman 1990, Lehman 1996, Longrich 2008, Longrich 2010, McDonald 2011, McDonald and Horner 2010, Olshevsky and Ford 1994, Ostrom and Wellnhofer 1986, Parsch 1963, Romer 1956, Romer 1966, Russell 1984, Russell and Chamney 1967, Ryan 2007, Ryan and Russell 2005, Sampson 1994, Sereno 1998, Sternberg 1950, Swinton 1970, Tatarinov 1964, Vickaryous and Ryan 1997 and Xu et al. 2010

Sister taxa: Achelousaurus, Einiosaurus, Pachyrostra

Subtaxa: Pachyrhinosaurus canadensis Pachyrhinosaurus lakustai Pachyrhinosaurus perotorum

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Type: Pachyrhinosaurus canadensis

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Canada (14: Alberta, Northwest Territories collections), United States (2: Alaska)

Total: 16 collections each including a single occurrence

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