Torosaurus Marsh 1891 (ceratopsid)

Reptilia - Ornithischia - Ceratopsidae

Full reference: O. C. Marsh. 1891. Notice of new vertebrate fossils. The American Journal of Science, series 3 42:265-269

Parent taxon: Triceratopsini according to N. R. Longrich 2014

See also Breithaupt 1985, Carroll 1988, Charig 1967, Clemens 1986, Diem and Archibald 2005, Dodson 1997, Dodson 1997, Dodson and Currie 1990, Dodson et al. 2004, Eberth 1997, Farke 2004, Farke 2011, Gregory and Mook 1925, Hatcher et al. 1907, Hay 1902, Hay 1930, Huene 1909, Huene 1927, Huene 1950, Hunt and Lehman 2008, Kuhn 1964, Lambe 1905, Lambe 1915, Lawson 1976, Lehman 1981, Lehman 1990, Lehman 1996, Longrich 2010, Longrich and Field 2012, Lull 1906, Lull 1924, Lull 1933, Marsh 1891, Marsh 1895, Marsh 1896, Matthew 1915, Nopcsa 1901, Nopcsa 1928, Olshevsky and Ford 1994, Ostrom 1965, Ostrom and Wellnhofer 1986, Romer 1956, Romer 1966, Russell 1984, Ryan 1997, Ryan 2007, Ryan et al. 2010, Scannella and Horner 2010, Scannella and Horner 2011, Sternberg 1949, Swinton 1970, Tatarinov 1964, Tokaryk 1986, von Zittel 1911, Wu et al. 2007 and Xu et al. 2010

Sister taxa: Eotriceratops, Regaliceratops, Titanoceratops, Triceratops

Subtaxa: Torosaurus latus Torosaurus utahensis

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Type: Torosaurus latus

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Canada (2: Alberta, Saskatchewan collections), United States (10: Colorado, New Mexico, North Dakota, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Wyoming)

Total: 12 collections each including a single occurrence

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