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Centrosaurus ( ; ) is a genus of centrosaurine ceratopsid dinosaur from the Campanian age of the Late Cretaceous of Canada. Its remains have been found in the Dinosaur Park Formation, dating from 76.5 to 75.5 million years ago. The type and only species seen as valid today is Centrosaurus apertus.

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  • Paleopathology
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Centrosaurus ( ; ) is a genus of centrosaurine ceratopsid dinosaur from the Campanian age of the Late Cretaceous of Canada. Its remains have been found in the Dinosaur Park Formation, dating from 76.5 to 75.5 million years ago. The type and only species seen as valid today is Centrosaurus apertus.

== Discovery and naming ==

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Centrosaurus” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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