Chasmosaurus russelli Sternberg 1940 (ceratopsid)

Reptilia - Ornithischia - Ceratopsidae

Synonym: Mojoceratops perifania Longrich 2010

Full reference: C. M. Sternberg. 1940. Ceratopsidae from Alberta. Journal of Paleontology 14(5):468-480

Belongs to Chasmosaurus according to J. A. Campbell et al. 2016

See also Campione and Holmes 2006, Currie 2005, Currie and Koppelhus 2014, Diem and Archibald 2005, Dodson and Currie 1990, Dodson et al. 2004, Eberth et al. 2001, Eberth and Evans 2011, Farke 2007, Farke 2011, Farke et al. 2011, Forster and Sereno 1993, Godfrey and Holmes 1995, Hunt and Lehman 2008, Konishi 2015, Kuhn 1964, Lehman 1989, Lehman 1990, Lehman 1998, Loewen et al. 2013, Longrich 2008, Longrich 2010, Longrich 2013, Longrich 2014, Lucas et al. 2006, Maidment and Barrett 2011, Mallon et al. 2016, Russell 1964, Russell 1966, Ryan 2007, Ryan and Evans 2005, Ryan et al. 2010 and Sternberg 1940

Sister taxa: Chasmosaurus belli, Chasmosaurus brevirostris, Chasmosaurus kaiseni, Monoclonius canadensis

Type specimens:

  • Chasmosaurus russelli: NMC 8800, a skull. Its type locality is Southeast of Manyberries (NMC), which is in a Campanian terrestrial horizon in the Dinosaur Park Formation of Canada.
  • Mojoceratops perifania: TMP 1983.25.1, a partial skull.

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Canada (4: Alberta collections)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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