Reptilia - Ornithischia - Ceratopsidae
Synonyms: Centrosaurus nasicornis Brown 1917, Centrosaurus nasicornus Brown 1917, Monoclonius nasicornis Brown 1917, Monoclonius nasicornus Brown 1917, Styracosaurus parksi Brown and Schlaikjer 1937
Full reference: L. M. Lambe. 1913. A new genus and species of Ceratopsia from the Belly River Formation of Alberta. The Ottawa Naturalist 27(9):109-116
Belongs to Styracosaurus according to P. Dodson et al. 2004
See also Abel 1924, Andrews 1923, Brown 1914, Brown 1914, Brown 1917, Brown and Schlaikjer 1937, Brown and Schlaikjer 1940, Campione and Holmes 2006, Chakravarti 1934, Chiba et al. 2015, Christiansen and Tschopp 2010, Currie 2005, Currie et al. 2008, Dodson 1990, Dodson and Currie 1988, Dodson and Currie 1990, Drake 1980, Eberth et al. 2001, Eberth and Evans 2011, Evans et al. 2014, Farke 2011, Farke et al. 2011, Gilmore 1921, Gray 1946, Hay 1930, Hieronymus et al. 2009, Holmes et al. 2006, Holmes and Ryan 2013, Huene 1927, Kuhn 1964, Lambe 1913, Lambe 1914, Lambe 1915, Lambe 1915, Lambe 1916, Langston 1975, Longrich 2008, Longrich 2010, Lull 1933, Lund et al. 2016, Maidment and Barrett 2011, McDonald 2011, McDonald and Horner 2010, Parks 1921, Parks 1925, Pompeckj 1920, Riabinin 1939, Russell 1930, Russell 1940, Russell 1964, Russell 1966, Ryan 2007, Ryan and Evans 2005, Ryan et al. 2007, Ryan and Russell 2003, Ryan and Russell 2005, Ryan et al. 2010, Sternberg 1917, Sternberg 1918, Sternberg 1940, Swinton 1950, Swinton 1970, Tatarinov 1964, Vickaryous and Ryan 1997 and Wiman 1930
Sister taxa: none
Type specimens:
- Styracosaurus albertensis: NMC 344, a skull. Its type locality is RTMP Quarry 16, Happy Jack Ferry, which is in a Campanian channel sandstone in the Dinosaur Park Formation of Canada.
- Monoclonius nasicornus: AMNH 5351, a skeleton. Its type locality is RTMP Quarry 105, Sand Creek (150 ft level) [AMNH], which is in a Campanian channel sandstone in the Dinosaur Park Formation of Canada.
- Styracosaurus parksi: AMNH 5372, a skeleton. Its type locality is middle fork, Sand Creek (250 ft level) [AMNH], which is in a Campanian terrestrial sandstone/claystone in the Dinosaur Park Formation of Canada.
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Canada (10: Alberta collections)
Total: 10 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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