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Albertaceratops nesmoi

Reptilia - Ceratopsidae

Taxonomy
Albertaceratops nesmoi was named by Ryan (2007). Its type specimen is TMP 2001.26.1, a skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Pinhorn Grazing Reserve (RTMP), which is in a Campanian terrestrial horizon in the Oldman Formation of Canada.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2007Albertaceratops nesmoi Ryan pp. 376-377 figs. 3-11
2008Albertaceratops nesmoi Currie et al. p. 84
2010Albertaceratops nesmoi McDonald and Horner p. 159
2011Albertaceratops nesmoi Farke et al. p. 692
2011Albertaceratops nesmoi McDonald p. 1
2013Albertaceratops nesmoi Loewen et al. p. 490
2013Albertaceratops nesmoi Longrich p. 52
2016Albertaceratops nesmoi Lund et al. p. 8

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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
RankNameAuthor
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Ornithischia()
—Genasauria
—Cerapoda
—Marginocephalia
—Ceratopsia()
familyCeratopsidae
subfamilyCentrasaurinaeLambe 1915
tribeAlbertaceratopsini
genusAlbertaceratops
speciesnesmoi

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.

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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
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: subo = suborder, o = order
References: Norman and Weishampel 1991, Marsh 1875

Age range: Middle Campanian or 83.50000 to 70.60000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Montana) Styracosaurus albertensis (69152)
Middle Campanian83.5 - 70.6Canada (Alberta) Centrosaurinae indet. (type locality: 69151)