| Crittendenceratops | |
|---|---|
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| Life reconstruction of C. kryzanowskii | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Class: | Sauropsida |
| Superorder: | Dinosauria |
| Order: | †Ornithischia |
| Suborder: | †Cerapoda |
| Infraorder: | †Ceratopsia |
| Family: | †Ceratopsidae |
| Subfamily: | †Centrosaurinae |
| Tribe: | †Nasutoceratopsini |
| Genus: | †Crittendenceratops |
| Binomial name | |
| †Crittendenceratops kryzanowskii Dalman et al., 2018 | |
Crittendenceratops (meaning "horned face from the Fort Crittenden Formation") is a genus of horned centrosaurine ceratopsid dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous of Arizona. It contains a single species, C. krzyzanowskii.
Description[]
Crittendenceratops is distinguished by forward-curving, hook-like flanges located along the central portion of the top of the frill, "extensive" epiparietals located along the sides of the parietal portion of the frill, a thickening of the frill in the parietal portion, and a short, pronounced ridge on the surface of the squamosal portion of the frill.
Classification[]
Crittendenceratops is a member of Nasutoceratopsini (which also includes Avaceratops, Furcatoceratops, Nasutoceratops, and Yehuecauhceratops), a tribe of the ceratopsid subfamily Centrosaurinae.
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See also[]
- Timeline of ceratopsian research
- 2018 in archosaur paleontology