Prenoceratops Chinnery 2004 (leptoceratopsid)

Reptilia - Ornithischia - Leptoceratopsidae

Full reference: B. J. Chinnery. 2004. Description of Prenoceratops pieganensis gen. et sp. nov. (Dinosauria: Neoceratopsia) from the Two Medicine Formation of Montana. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 24(3):572-590

Parent taxon: Leptoceratopsidae according to E. M. Morschhauser et al. 2019

See also Chinnery 2004, Chinnery and Horner 2007, Farke et al. 2014, Ryan et al. 2012 and Zheng et al. 2015

Sister taxa: Cerasinops, Ferrisaurus, Gryphoceratops, Helioceratops, Ischioceratops, Koreaceratops, Leptoceratops, Montanoceratops, Udanoceratops, Unescoceratops, Zhuchengceratops

Subtaxa: Prenoceratops pieganensis

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Type: Prenoceratops pieganensis

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Canada (1: Alberta collection), United States (1: Montana)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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