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Avaceratops
Taxonomy
Avaceratops was named by Dodson (1986). Its type is Avaceratops lammersi.
It was synonymized subjectively with Monoclonius by Lehman (1990).
It was assigned to Ceratopidae by Olshevsky and Ford (1994); to Ceratopsidae by Dodson (1986), Penkalski (1993), Penkalski and Dodson (1999); to Centrosaurinae by Dodson and Currie (1990), Dodson (1990), Dodson (1997), Dodson et al. (2004), Farke (2004), Longrich (2010), Ryan et al. (2010), McDonald (2011), Farke et al. (2011), Longrich (2013), Evans and Ryan (2015); and to Nasutoceratopsini by Ryan et al. (2017).
It was synonymized subjectively with Monoclonius by Lehman (1990).
It was assigned to Ceratopidae by Olshevsky and Ford (1994); to Ceratopsidae by Dodson (1986), Penkalski (1993), Penkalski and Dodson (1999); to Centrosaurinae by Dodson and Currie (1990), Dodson (1990), Dodson (1997), Dodson et al. (2004), Farke (2004), Longrich (2010), Ryan et al. (2010), McDonald (2011), Farke et al. (2011), Longrich (2013), Evans and Ryan (2015); and to Nasutoceratopsini by Ryan et al. (2017).
Species
A. lammersi (type species)
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1986 | Avaceratops Dodson p. 306 |
| 1990 | Avaceratops Dodson p. 241 fig. 17.4 |
| 1990 | Avaceratops Dodson and Currie p. 611 |
| 1993 | Avaceratops Penkalski p. 52A |
| 1994 | Avaceratops Olshevsky and Ford |
| 1997 | Avaceratops Dodson p. 476 |
| 1999 | Avaceratops Penkalski and Dodson |
| 2004 | Avaceratops Dodson et al. p. 495 |
| 2004 | Avaceratops Farke p. 5 |
| 2010 | Avaceratops Longrich p. 692 fig. 10 |
| 2010 | Avaceratops Ryan et al. p. 185 |
| 2011 | Avaceratops Farke et al. p. 699 |
| 2011 | Avaceratops McDonald p. 9 |
| 2013 | Avaceratops Longrich p. 52 |
| 2015 | Avaceratops Evans and Ryan |
| 2017 | Avaceratops Ryan et al. p. 10 |
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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.
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Norman and Weishampel 1991, Marsh 1875 | |||||
Age range: Middle Campanian or 83.60000 to 72.20000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Middle Campanian | USA (Montana) | Ceratopsidae indet. (14437) |