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Chasmosaurinae

Reptilia - Ceratopsidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1888Ceratops Marsh
1888Ceratops montanus Marsh p. 477
1888Ceratops Marsh p. 478
1890Ceratops Zittel p. 751
1890Ceratops montanus Zittel p. 751
1893Ceratops Winkler p. 105
1893Ceratops montanus Winkler p. 105
1895Ceratops Marsh
1896Ceratops Depéret p. 185
1896Ceratops montanus Hatcher p. 113
1896Ceratops Marsh p. 243
1897Ceratops Gadow p. 205
1898Ceratops Gadow p. 23
1900Ceratops montanus Walcott p. 23
1901Ceratops Nopcsa p. 216
1901Ceratops montanus Nopcsa p. 216
1902Ceratops Hay p. 500
1902Ceratops montanus Hay p. 500
1902Ceratops Mansel-Pleydell p. lxxxiv
1902Ceratops montanus Mansel-Pleydell p. lxxxv
1906Proceratops Lull p. 144
1906Proceratops montanus Lull p. 144
1907Ceratops Hatcher et al. p. 11
1907Ceratops montanus Hatcher et al. pp. 100, 172
1909Ceratops Huene p. 18
1910Ceratops monatus Lull p. 772
1911Ceratops Lambe p. 9
1911Ceratops von Zittel p. 296
1914Ceratops Brown p. 377
1915Ceratops montanus Lambe p. 10
1915Chasmosaurinae Lambe p. 20
1915Ceratops Matthew p. 30
1919Ceratops Gilmore p. 64
1924Ceratops Lull p. 245
1925Ceratops Gregory and Mook p. 5
1927Ceratops Huene p. 259
1927Ceratops montanus Huene p. 261
1928Ceratops Nopcsa p. 185
1930Ceratops monatus Arldt p. 702
1930Ceratops Hay p. 223
1930Ceratops montanus Hay p. 223
1930Ceratops montanus Russell p. 142
1931Ceratops montanus Johnson p. 368
1933Ceratops Lull p. 96
1933Ceratops montanus Lull p. 96
1950Ceratops Huene p. 351
1956Ceratops Romer p. 639
1964Ceratops Kuhn p. 55
1964Ceratops montanus Kuhn p. 55
1964Ceratops montanus Russell p. 10
1964Ceratops Tatarinov p. 585
1964Ceratops montanus Tatarinov p. 585
1966Ceratops Romer p. 371
1967Ceratops Charig p. 717
1970Ceratops Swinton p. 254
1973Ceratops Powell p. 118
1979Ceratops Laub p. 4
1979Ceratops montanus Laub p. 4
1981Ceratops Lehman p. 207
1986Ceratops Ostrom and Wellnhofer p. 116
1989Chasmosaurinae Lehman p. 138
1990Chasmosaurinae Dodson and Currie p. 612
1990Chasmosaurinae Lehman p. 212
1995Chasmosaurinae Godfrey and Holmes p. 727
1996Chasmosaurinae Lehman p. 505 fig. 10
1997Chasmosaurinae Dodson p. 12
1997Chasmosaurinae Sereno p. 443
2001Chasmosaurinae Eberth et al. p. 59
2001Ceratops montanus Horner et al. p. 10
2004Chasmosaurinae Dodson et al. p. 495
2004Chasmosaurinae Farke p. 5
2005Chasmosaurinae Ryan and Evans pp. 323-324
2005Chasmosaurinae Ryan and Russell p. 1381 fig. 10
2007Chasmosaurinae Ryan p. 391 fig. 12
2007Chasmosaurinae Wu et al. p. 1261 fig. 14
2010Chasmosaurinae Longrich p. 692 fig. 10
2010Chasmosaurinae Xu et al. p. 1634 fig. 3
2011Chasmosaurinae Farke et al. p. 699
2011Chasmosaurinae Maidment and Barrett p. 4
2013Chasmosaurinae Longrich
2014Chasmosaurinae Longrich p. 303 fig. 8
2014Chasmosaurinae Mallon et al.
2015Chasmosaurinae Brown and Henderson
2019Chasmosaurinae Morschhauser et al. p. 129 fig. 10
2020Chasmosaurinae Fowler and Freedman Fowler

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
RankNameAuthor
Romeriida
Diapsida()
Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
Crocopoda
ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
Eucrocopoda
Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
Ornithodira
Dinosauromorpha
Dinosauriformes
Dinosauria()
Ornithischia()
Genasauria
Cerapoda
Marginocephalia
Ceratopsia()
familyCeratopsidae
subfamilyChasmosaurinae
subfamilyChasmosaurinae

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.

Subfm. †Chasmosaurinae Lambe 1915
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G. †Agujaceratops Lucas et al. 2006 [Aguja horned face]
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Agujaceratops mavericus Lehman et al. 2017
G. †Anchiceratops Brown 1914
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Anchiceratops ornatus Brown 1914
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Invalid names: Anchiceratops longirostris Sternberg 1926 [synonym]
G. †Arrhinoceratops Parks 1925
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G. †Bisticeratops Dalman et al. 2022
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Bisticeratops froeseorum Dalman et al. 2022
G. †Bravoceratops Wick and Lehman 2013
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Bravoceratops polyphemus Wick and Lehman 2013
G. †Chasmosaurus Lambe 1914
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Chasmosaurus belli Lambe 1902
Chasmosaurus russelli Sternberg 1940
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Invalid names: Mojoceratops perifania Longrich 2010 [synonym]
Invalid names: Chasmosaurus brevirostris Lull 1933 [nomen dubium], Chasmosaurus kaiseni Brown 1933 [nomen dubium], Eoceratops Lambe 1915 [synonym], Mojoceratops Longrich 2010 [synonym], Monoclonius canadensis Lambe 1902 [nomen dubium], Protorosaurus Lambe 1914 [synonym]
G. †Coahuilaceratops Loewen et al. 2010
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Coahuilaceratops magnacuerna Loewen et al. 2010
G. †Judiceratops Longrich 2013
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Judiceratops tigris Longrich 2013
G. †Kosmoceratops Sampson et al. 2010
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Kosmoceratops richardsoni Sampson et al. 2010
G. †Navajoceratops Fowler and Freedman Fowler 2020
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Navajoceratops sullivani Fowler and Freedman Fowler 2020
G. †Pentaceratops Osborn 1923
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Invalid names: Pentaceratops fenestratus Wiman 1930 [synonym]
G. †Sierraceratops Dalman et al. 2022
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Sierraceratops turneri Dalman et al. 2022
G. †Spiclypeus Mallon et al. 2016
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Spiclypeus shipporum Mallon et al. 2016
G. †Terminocavus Fowler and Freedman Fowler 2020
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Terminocavus sealeyi Fowler and Freedman Fowler 2020
Unr. †Triceratopsini Longrich 2011
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G. †Eotriceratops Wu et al. 2007
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Eotriceratops xerinsularis Wu et al. 2007
G. †Regaliceratops Brown and Henderson 2015
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Regaliceratops peterhewsi Brown and Henderson 2015
G. †Titanoceratops Longrich 2011
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Titanoceratops ouranos Longrich 2011
G. †Torosaurus Marsh 1891
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Torosaurus latus Marsh 1891
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Invalid names: Torosaurus gladius Marsh 1891 [objective synonym]
Torosaurus utahensis Gilmore 1946
G. †Triceratops Marsh 1889
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Triceratops horridus Marsh 1889
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Invalid names: Nedoceratops hatcheri Lull 1905 [synonym], Triceratops albertensis Sternberg 1949 [synonym], Triceratops brevicornus Hatcher and Lull 1905 [synonym], Triceratops calicornis Marsh 1898 [synonym], Triceratops elatus Marsh 1891 [synonym], Triceratops eurycephalus Schlaikjer 1935 [synonym], Triceratops flabellatus Marsh 1889 [synonym], Triceratops obtusus Marsh 1898 [synonym], Triceratops serratus Marsh 1890 [synonym]
Triceratops prorsus Marsh 1890
Invalid names: Nedoceratops Ukrainsky 2007 [synonym], Ojoceratops Sullivan and Lucas 2010 [synonym], Sterrholophus Marsh 1891 [synonym], Tatankaceratops Ott and Larson 2010 [synonym], Triceratops sulcatus Marsh 1890 [nomen dubium]
G. †Utahceratops Sampson et al. 2010
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Utahceratops gettyi Sampson et al. 2010
G. †Vagaceratops Sampson 2010
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Vagaceratops irvinensis Holmes et al. 2001
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Invalid names: Mercuriceratops gemini Ryan et al. 2014 [synonym], Pentaceratops aquilonius Longrich 2014 [synonym]
Invalid names: Mercuriceratops Ryan et al. 2014 [synonym]
Invalid names: Ceratops Marsh 1888 [nomen dubium]
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
S. C. R. Maidment and P. M. Barrett 2011Modified from Lehman (1989): large ceratopsian dinosaurs with long, low facial region (preorbital length/height ratio = 1.4 to 3.0); inter-premaxillary fossae present; premaxilla and predentary with horizontal or poorly developed lateral cutting flange; nasal horn core, if present, small and formed in part by a separate ossification (epinasal); postfrontal foramen present; frontoparietal fontanelle walled mostly by the postorbital bones; frontal bones reduced; prefrontal bones small; cranial frill long (0.94 to 1.70 basal length of skull, except in Triceratops); triangular squamosal bones (length/height ratio = 2.0 to 3.5); prominent longitudinal channel in ventral surface of sacrum; triangular acromial process of the scapula arises about half way along the scapula blade; deep triceps fossa on the caudolateral deltopectoral crest of the humerus; foramen on the caudomedial humerus located dorsal to the apex of the deltopectoral crest; strongly curved ischium.
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: 10000 kgg
Minimum body mass: 1000 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: Marsh 1875, Peczkis 1995, Norman and Weishampel 1991

Age range: base of the Judithian to the top of the Lancian or 83.50000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (301 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Campanian83.6 - 72.1Mexico (Chihuahua) Chasmosaurinae indet. (226324)
Campanian83.6 - 72.1USA (Wyoming) Ceratopsia indet. (45861)
Campanian83.6 - 72.1Canada (Alberta) Chasmosaurus russelli (64401)
Judithian83.5 - 70.6USA (Texas) Chasmosaurus mariscalensis (48941 52462 52463 52464)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Utah) Ceratopsia indet. (97805 97810) Chasmosaurinae indet. (69799 97800 97801 97802 97806 97808 97809 97811 131868) Kosmoceratops richardsoni (97804)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Mexico (Coahuila) Ceratopsidae indet. (24258)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Mexico (Chihuahua) Chasmosaurus mariscalensis (227230)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Wyoming) Ceratopsia indet. (45862)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Montana) Mercuriceratops gemini (156538) Spiclypeus shipporum (55274)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (New Mexico) Ceratops sp. (62549 196540) Ceratopsidae indet. (53982) Chasmosaurinae indet. (138832 210631) Navajoceratops sullivani (138830) Pentaceratops fenestratus (39231) Pentaceratops sp. (46991 64094 64096) Pentaceratops sternbergi (52058) Pentaceratops sternbergii (34826 34827 34828 39229 196511 199764 222481) Torosaurus sp., Chasmosaurinae indet. (227186)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Canada (Alberta) Anchiceratops sp. (51317) Arrhinoceratops sp. (152403) Chasmosaurus belli (45730 45731 58909 58954 59047 191258) Chasmosaurus brevirostris (58912) Chasmosaurus irvinensis (86515) Chasmosaurus kaiseni (35379) Chasmosaurus russelli (64400) Chasmosaurus sp. (22656 22659 24891 24893 59006 59014 59136 191255) Eoceratops canadensis (59026) Mercuriceratops gemini (156536) Monoclonius belli (60873) Triceratops horridus (162141)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Texas) Agujaceratops mariscalensis (236770 236774) Agujaceratops sp. (94373 236771) Pentaceratops sp. (191054)
Middle Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Montana) Judiceratops tigris (26779)
Middle Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Texas) Agujaceratops mariscalensis (236772 236773 236775)
Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Canada (Saskatchewan) Chasmosaurinae indet. (75030)
Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Canada (Alberta) Anchiceratops sp. (51318) Chasmosaurus russelli (64402) Monoclonius canadensis (60874)
Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Montana) Ceratops montanus (46123) Chasmosaurus sp. (50907)
Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Texas) Agujaceratops mariscalensis (236769) Chasmosaurus mariscalensis (22709 25073)
Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Mexico (Chihuahua) Chasmosaurus mariscalensis (35353)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.5 - 66.0Canada (Alberta) Anchiceratops longirostris (28548) Anchiceratops ornatus (191402) Anchiceratops sp. (52072) Arrhinoceratops brachyops (67612) Ceratopsia indet. (64629)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.5 - 66.0Mexico (Coahuila) Chasmosaurinae indet. (226295) Chasmosaurus sp. (91053)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.5 - 66.0USA (Colorado) Chasmosaurinae indet. (76715)
Late/Upper Campanian - Maastrichtian83.5 - 66.0USA (New Mexico) Torosaurus sp. (178745) Triceratops sp. (55286)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0USA (South Dakota) Torosaurus latus (53128) Triceratops horridus (225317 225924) Triceratops sp. (74175)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0USA (North Dakota) Torosaurus latus (45103)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0USA (Montana) Triceratops elatus (49016) Triceratops prorsus (173841) Triceratops sp. (38544 55353 55355 64428 64429 100852 109660 109661 142376 189572 228491)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0USA (Wyoming) Triceratops sp. (225318 225319)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0USA (Texas) Bravoceratops polyphemus (145482) Torosaurus sp. (52056) Torosaurus utahensis (227185)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Canada (Alberta) Anchiceratops longirostris (97797) Anchiceratops ornatus (64630 76062 191401) Arrhinoceratops brachyops (156799) Regaliceratops peterhewsi (191308)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Mexico (Coahuila) Coahuilaceratops magnacuerna (97757)
Lancian70.6 - 66.0USA (Montana) Triceratops sp. (14516 14550 14615 14616 14649 81041 81042 144502 179991)
Lancian70.6 - 66.0USA (Colorado) Triceratops sp. (14640)
Lancian70.6 - 66.0USA (South Dakota) Triceratops sp. (14537 192251)
Lancian70.6 - 66.0Canada (Saskatchewan) Triceratops sp. (14558 128461)
Lancian70.6 - 66.0USA (Wyoming) Ceratopsia indet. (165877) Chasmosaurinae indet. (14540 14541 14542 14543 14544 70341 70343 75280 75281 75284 75287 75289 75290 75292 75294 75297 75298 75429 75431 75432 75439 75441 75442 75443 75447) Triceratops sp. (14505 14527 14538 14557 14579 14601 14609 165878)
Lancian70.6 - 66.0USA (North Dakota) Triceratops sp. (137710 137728 224667)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Texas) Pentaceratops sp. (85188) Torosaurus utahensis (69211)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Canada (Alberta) Eotriceratops xerinsularis (75475) Torosaurus sp. (47130) Triceratops albertensis (47127 47128)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Montana) Triceratops horridus (217183) Triceratops prorsus (14674 173842) Triceratops sp. (13142 55354 67129 72143 88990 99441 109659 142326 157187 162855 179968 183109 183110 189003 221004 221005 221007 227182 227283)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Utah) Ceratopsia indet. (45719) Triceratops sp. (48549)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Wyoming) Ceratops horridus (46119) Ceratopsia indet. (52089) Diceratops hatcheri (46133) Torosaurus gladius (46135) Torosaurus latus (46134) Triceratops brevicornus (46132 52683) Triceratops calicornis (50931) Triceratops elatus (46130 52682 52691 52692) Triceratops eurycephalus (52107) Triceratops flabellatus (46136 165876) Triceratops obtusus (46131) Triceratops prorsus (46127 46129 52690 52694 189513) Triceratops serratus (46126) Triceratops serratus, Ceratopsia indet. (52686) Triceratops sp. (14585 26760 45878 50086 50087 52088 52681 52684 52687 52688 52693 52695 54177 54179 57161 57162 57166 57168 142325 164991 164992 164993 191271 226054 226055) Triceratops sp., Triceratops sulcatus (52685) Triceratops sulcatus (46138 52689)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (North Dakota) Triceratops horridus (191374) Triceratops prorsus (24851) Triceratops sp. (45123 57919)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (New Mexico) Chasmosaurinae indet. (68042) Ojoceratops fowleri (47819 97795 97796 138833 171027)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Canada (Saskatchewan) Ceratopsidae indet. (152402) Chasmosaurinae indet. (52837) Triceratops prorsus (152400 152401 228825 228826 228827) Triceratops sp. (14555 52836 54105 152399 225845) Triceratops sp., Triceratops prorsus (45675)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (South Dakota) Tatankaceratops sacrisonorum (97798) Torosaurus sp., Triceratops sp. (224484) Triceratops horridus (179969 224486) Triceratops sp. (50082 124934 150890 150892 150893 179970 216603 224488 224489 224490 224492)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Colorado) Ceratopsia indet. (49527) Triceratops sp. (49529 49536 73927 182584)