Reptilia - Ornithischia - Ceratopsidae
Synonym: Monoclonius lowei Sternberg 1940
Full reference: E. D. Cope. 1876. Descriptions of some vertebrate remains from the Fort Union Beds of Montana. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 28:248-261
Belongs to Monoclonius according to P. Dodson et al. 2004
See also Arldt 1930, Brown 1914, Brown 1917, Chakravarti 1934, Cope 1876, Cope 1876, Cope 1877, Cope 1877, Cope 1886, Cope 1889, Currie 2005, Dodson 1990, Dodson and Currie 1990, Fowler et al. 2011, Hatcher et al. 1907, Hay 1902, Hay 1930, Huene 1927, Kuhn 1964, Lambe 1902, Lambe 1905, Lambe 1915, Langston 1975, Lull 1910, Lull 1933, Nopcsa 1901, Ostrom and Wellnhofer 1986, Parks 1921, Russell 1930, Russell 1964, Russell 1966, Russell 1984, Ryan et al. 2010, Seeley 1887, Sternberg 1938, Sternberg 1940, Tatarinov 1964 and Zittel 1890
Sister taxa: Monoclonius fissus, Monoclonius recurvicornis, Monoclonius sphenocerus
Type specimens:
- Monoclonius crassus: AMNH 3998, a skull. Its type locality is mouth of Birch Creek, which is in a Campanian terrestrial sandstone in the Judith River Formation of Montana.
- Monoclonius lowei: NMC 8790, a skull.
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Canada (1: Alberta collection), United States (1: Montana)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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