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Ojoceratops fowleri

Reptilia - Ceratopsidae

Taxonomy
Ojoceratops fowleri was named by Sullivan and Lucas (2010). Its type specimen is SMP VP-1865, a partial skull (left squamosal), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is SMP Loc. 410b, Willow Wash, which is in a Maastrichtian terrestrial sandstone in the Ojo Alamo Formation of New Mexico.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2010Ojoceratops fowleri Sullivan and Lucas p. 171 fig. 11.2
2011Ojoceratops fowleri Farke p. 5
2011Ojoceratops fowleri Jasinski et al. p. 253
2011Ojoceratops fowleri Maidment and Barrett p. 3
2015Ojoceratops fowleri Jasinski p. 79
2022Ojoceratops fowleri Mallon et al. p. 162

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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()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
RankNameAuthor
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Ornithischia()
—Genasauria
—Cerapoda
—Marginocephalia
—Ceratopsia()
infraorderNeoceratopsia
—Coronosauria
superfamilyCeratopsoidea
familyCeratopsidae
subfamilyChasmosaurinae
—Triceratopsini
genusOjoceratops
speciesfowleri

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.

†Ojoceratops fowleri Sullivan and Lucas 2010
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
R. M. Sullivan and S. G. Lucas 2010A chasmosaurine distinguished from other chasmosaurines by its unique squamosal morphology: enlarged base; lacks embayment of the otic notch; wide and arched, forming an angle of 115° at the position of epijugal 1; truncated and squared off distally; medial border concave; lateral border convex forming an arc of 80°.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatiteo
Entire body: yesg
Adult length: 10 to < 100o
Adult width: 1.0 to < 10o
Adult height: 1.0 to < 10o
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: 2005-08-25 05:45:07
Modified: 2005-08-25 07:45:07
Source: g = genus, subo = suborder, o = order
References: Marsh 1875, Peczkis 1995, Norman and Weishampel 1991

Age range: Late/Upper Maastrichtian or 70.60000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (New Mexico) Chasmosaurinae indet. (68042) Ojoceratops fowleri (47819 type locality: 97795 97796 138833 171027)