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Coronosauria

Reptilia

Taxonomy

Coronosauria was named by Sereno (1986) [Listed as ]. It was considered monophyletic by Sereno (2000).

It was assigned to Neoceratopsia by Sereno (1986), Sereno (1997), Sereno (1998), Sereno (1999), Sereno (2000), Makovicky (2001), You and Dodson (2003), Butler et al. (2008), Jin et al. (2009), Han et al. (2012), Farke et al. (2014), Zheng et al. (2015), Morschhauser et al. (2019) and Arbour and Evans (2019).

Subtaxa

Bagaceratopsidae, Ceratopsoidea, Protoceratopsidae

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1986	Coronosauria Sereno
1997	Coronosauria Sereno p. 443
1998	Coronosauria Sereno p. 62
1999	Coronosauria Sereno p. 2138 fig. 2
2000	Coronosauria Sereno p. 482
2001	Coronosauria Makovicky p. 254 fig. 18.3
2003	Coronosauria You and Dodson
2008	Coronosauria Butler et al. p. 22 figs. 2-4
2009	Coronosauria Jin et al. p. 203 fig. 4
2012	Coronosauria Han et al. p. 1391 fig. 14
2014	Coronosauria Farke et al.
2015	Coronosauria Zheng et al. p. 6 fig. 3
2019	Coronosauria Arbour and Evans
2019	Coronosauria Morschhauser et al. p. 129 fig. 10

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Deuterostomia
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1874
subphylum	Vertebrata
superclass	Gnathostomata
—	Osteichthyes	()
subclass	Sarcopterygii	()
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha	(Nelson 2006)
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha	()
—	Tetrapoda
—	Reptiliomorpha
—	Anthracosauria
subclass	Amphibiosauria	Kuhn 1967
—	Cotylosauria	()
—	Amniota
—	Sauropsida
class	Reptilia
subclass	Eureptilia	()

Rank	Name	Author
—	Romeriida
—	Diapsida	()
—	Archosauromorpha	(Huene 1946)
—	Crocopoda
—	Archosauriformes	Gauthier 1986
—	Eucrocopoda
—	Archosauria	()
informal	Avemetatarsalia
—	Ornithodira
—	Dinosauromorpha
—	Dinosauriformes
—	Dinosauria	()
—	Ornithischia	()
—	Genasauria
—	Cerapoda
—	Marginocephalia
—	Ceratopsia	()
infraorder	Neoceratopsia
—	Coronosauria
—	Coronosauria

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Unr. †Coronosauria Sereno 1986

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Superfm. †Ceratopsoidea Hay 1902

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G. †Ajkaceratops Osi et al. 2010

†Ajkaceratops kozmai Osi et al. 2010

G. †Turanoceratops Nessov et al. 1989

†Turanoceratops tardabilis Nessov et al. 1989

G. †Zuniceratops Wolfe and Kirkland 1998

†Zuniceratops christopheri Wolfe and Kirkland 1998

Fm. †Protoceratopsidae Granger and Gregory 1923

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G. †Bagaceratops Maryanska and Osmólska 1975

†Bagaceratops rozhdestvenskyi Maryanska and Osmólska 1975

Invalid names: Gobiceratops minutus Alifanov 2008 [synonym], Lamaceratops tereschenkoi Alifanov 2003 [synonym], Magnirostris dodsoni You and Dong 2003 [synonym], Platyceratops tatarinovi Alifanov 2003 [synonym]

Invalid names: Gobiceratops Alifanov 2008 [synonym], Lamaceratops Alifanov 2003 [synonym], Magnirostris You and Dong 2003 [synonym], Platyceratops Alifanov 2003 [synonym]

G. †Breviceratops Kurzanov 1990

†Breviceratops kozlowskii Maryanska and Osmólska 1975

G. †Protoceratops Granger and Gregory 1923

†Protoceratops andrewsi Granger and Gregory 1923

Invalid names: Bainoceratops efremovi Tereshchenko and Alifanov 2003 [synonym]

†Protoceratops hellenikorhinus Lambert et al. 2001

Invalid names: Bainoceratops Tereshchenko and Alifanov 2003 [synonym]

Invalid names: Asiaceratopsinae Nessov et al. 1989 [empty]

Invalid names: Bagaceratopsidae Alifanov 2003 [empty]

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

hydroxyapatiteo

Entire body:

yeso

Adult length:

10 to < 100o

Adult width:

1.0 to < 10o

Adult height:

1.0 to < 10o

Maximum body mass:

300 kgg

Minimum body mass:

3 kgg

Architecture:

compact or denseo

Ontogeny:

accretion, modification of partso

Grouping:

gregariouso

Environment:

terrestrialsubo

Locomotion:

actively mobileo

Life habit:

ground dwellingsubo

Diet:

herbivoresubo

Reproduction:

oviparouso

Dispersal:

direct/internalo

Dispersal 2:

mobileo

Created:

2005-09-15 11:08:09

Modified:

2005-09-15 13:08:09

Source: g = genus, subo = suborder, o = order

References: Peczkis 1995, Marsh 1875, Norman and Weishampel 1991

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Cretaceous to the top of the Late/Upper Campanian or 145.00000 to 70.60000 Ma

Collections (67 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Cretaceous	145.0 - 100.5	China (Gansu)	Protoceratops sp. (79605)
Cenomanian	100.5 - 93.9	Uzbekistan (Karakalpakistan)	Protoceratopsidae indet. (64098)
Cenomanian - Santonian	100.5 - 83.6	Mongolia (Dornogov)	Protoceratopsidae indet. (108345)
Late/Upper Cretaceous	100.5 - 66.0	Mongolia (Omnogov)	Protoceratops sp. (226776)
Late/Upper Cretaceous	100.5 - 66.0	Mongolia (Dornogov)	Protoceratops sp. (55253)
Middle Turonian	93.5 - 89.3	USA (New Mexico)	Zuniceratops christopheri (52033 52358 52359)
Middle Turonian - Late/Upper Turonian	93.5 - 89.3	Uzbekistan (Navoi)	Turanoceratops tardabilis (58158 58161 58165 58167 58168 58175)
Santonian	86.3 - 83.6	Hungary (Veszprém)	Ajkaceratops kozmai (48722)
Late/Upper Santonian - Late/Upper Campanian	85.8 - 70.6	Mongolia (Omnogov)	Protoceratops andrewsi (167657)
Campanian	83.6 - 72.1	Mongolia (Ömnögovi Aimag)	Protoceratops sp. (130798)
Campanian	83.6 - 72.1	Mongolia (Omnogov)	Protoceratops andrewsi (62927) Protoceratops sp. (59360 129749 168808 168986 168987)
Campanian	83.6 - 72.1	Mongolia (Omnogov Aimag)	Bagaceratops sp. (117932)
Campanian	83.6 - 72.1	China (Nei Mongol)	Bagaceratops sp. (68379) Magnirostris dodsoni (94372) Protoceratops hellenikorhinus (37806 38829 38830 38831 38832) Protoceratops sp. (205652) Protoceratopsidae indet. (68378)
Late/Upper Campanian	83.5 - 70.6	Mongolia (Omnogov Aimak)	Bagaceratops sp. (37184) Protoceratopsidae indet. (68517)
Late/Upper Campanian	83.5 - 70.6	Mongolia (Omnogov)	Bagaceratops sp., Protoceratops andrewsi, Protoceratops sp. (53229) Protoceratops andrewsi (22685 37009 37013 37016) Protoceratops sp. (55256 127668 163255) Protoceratops sp., Protoceratops andrewsi (46152) Protoceratopsidae indet. (204819) Protoceratopsidae indet., Bagaceratops sp., Protoceratops andrewsi (118259) Protoceratopsidae indet., Protoceratops sp., Protoceratops andrewsi, Bagaceratops sp. (127678)
Middle Campanian	83.5 - 70.6	Mongolia (Omngov)	Protoceratops sp. (100261)
Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian	83.5 - 70.6	Mongolia (Omnogov)	Bagaceratops rozhdestvenskyi (204919) Bagaceratops sp. (130803) Bagaceratops sp., Protoceratops andrewsi (154402) Gobiceratops minutus, Breviceratops kozlowskii, Bagaceratops rozhdestvenskyi (11582) Lamaceratops tereschenkoi (118256) Protoceratops sp. (181414 181417 181418) Protoceratops sp., Dinosauria indet. (37022) Protoceratopsidae indet. (169261 189007) Protoceratopsidae indet., Protoceratops sp. (13776 13777 28243)
Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian	83.5 - 70.6	Mongolia (Omnogovi)	Protoceratopsidae indet., Bagaceratops sp. (58105)
Maastrichtian	72.1 - 66.0	Mongolia (Omnogov)	Dinosauria indet. (37010) Protoceratopsidae indet. (37020 55258) Protoceratopsidae indet., Bagaceratops sp. (168983)