Centrosaurus apertus Lambe 1905 (ceratopsid)

Reptilia - Ornithischia - Ceratopsidae

Alternative combination: Monoclonius apertus

Synonyms: Brachyceratops dawson Lambe 1902, Brachyceratops dawsoni Lambe 1902, Centrosaurus cutleri Brown 1917, Centrosaurus dawsoni Lambe 1902, Centrosaurus flexus Brown 1914, Centrosaurus longirostris Sternberg 1940, Monoclonius cutleri Brown 1917, Monoclonius dawsoni Lambe 1902, Monoclonius flexus Brown 1914, Monoclonius inflexus Brown 1914, Monoclonius longirostris Sternberg 1940

Full reference: L. M. Lambe. 1905. On the squamoso-parietal crest of the horned dinosaurs Centrosaurus apertus and Monoclonius canadensis from the Cretaceous of Alberta. Proceedings and Transactions of the Royal Society of Canada, series 2 10(4):1-9

Belongs to Centrosaurus according to P. Dodson et al. 2004

See also Abel 1924, Anonymous 1963, Brown 1914, Brown 1914, Brown 1917, Brown and Schlaikjer 1937, Chiba et al. 2015, Chinnery 2004, Currie 2005, Currie et al. 2008, Dodson 1990, Dodson and Currie 1988, Dodson and Currie 1990, Drake 1980, Eberth 2015, Eberth et al. 2001, Eberth and Evans 2011, Evans et al. 2014, Farke 2011, Farke et al. 2011, Gray 1946, Hatcher et al. 1907, Hay 1930, Hieronymus et al. 2009, Huene 1927, Kuhn 1964, Lambe 1902, Lambe 1905, Lambe 1905, Lambe 1905, Lambe 1910, Lambe 1914, Lambe 1914, Lambe 1915, Lambe 1915, Lambe 1916, Langston 1975, Lehman 1996, Lehman 1998, Longrich 2008, Longrich 2010, Lull 1911, Lull 1933, Lull and Gray 1949, Maidment and Barrett 2011, Makovicky 2001, Mallon et al. 2016, McDonald 2011, McDonald and Horner 2010, McIntosh 1981, Parks 1921, Parks 1924, Parks 1925, Parks 1935, Russell 1930, Russell 1964, Russell 1966, Russell 1984, Ryan and Evans 2005, Ryan et al. 2012, Ryan et al. 2007, Ryan and Russell 2003, Ryan and Russell 2005, Ryan et al. 2010, Sternberg 1940, Tan et al. 2015, Tatarinov 1964, Tykoski and Fiorillo 2013, Tyson 1981 and Vickaryous and Ryan 1997

Sister taxa: none

Type specimens:

  • Centrosaurus apertus: NMC 971, a skull. Its type locality is Berry Creek south, GSC (NMC), which is in a Campanian terrestrial horizon in the Dinosaur Park Formation of Canada.
  • Centrosaurus longirostris: NMC 8795, a skull. Its type locality is RTMP Quarry 91, 1.5 miles south of Sand Creek (102 ft level), which is in a Campanian channel sandstone in the Dinosaur Park Formation of Canada.
  • Monoclonius cutleri: AMNH 5427, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is north fork, Sand Creek (50 ft level) [AMNH], which is in a Campanian terrestrial horizon in the Oldman Formation of Canada.
  • Monoclonius dawsoni: NMC 1173, a partial skull (scapula). Its type locality is Berry Creek south, GSC (NMC), which is in a Campanian terrestrial horizon in the Dinosaur Park Formation of Canada.
  • Monoclonius flexus: AMNH 5239, a skull. Its type locality is RTMP Quarry 57, Berry Creek, which is in a Campanian channel sandstone in the Dinosaur Park Formation of Canada.

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Canada (39: Alberta collections)

Total: 39 collections each including a single occurrence

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