Coronosaurus
Sign in to saveCoronosaurus is a genus of centrosaurine ceratopsian dinosaurs which lived in the Late Cretaceous, in the middle Campanian stage. Its remains, two bone beds, were discovered by Phillip J. Currie in the Oldman Formation of Alberta, Canada, and its type and only species, Coronosaurus brinkmani, was first described in 2005, as a new species within the genus Centrosaurus. Later studies questioned the presence of a direct relationship, and in 2012 it was named as a separate genus. Coronosaurus means "crowned lizard", coming from "corona", Latin for crown, and "sauros", Greek for lizard; this name r
Wikidata facts
- Parent taxon
- Ceratopsidae
- Named after
- crown
- Mass
- 2
- Image
- Centrosaurus brinkmani Royal Tyrrell front.jpg
- Length
- 5
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- taxon name
- Coronosaurus
- taxon rank
- genus
- Commons category
- Coronosaurus
- location of discovery
- Oldman Formation
- start time
- 77000000-0
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Coronosaurus est un genre de dinosaures ornithischiens de la famille des cératopsidés, représenté par une seule espèce, Coronosaurus brinkmani, à l'origine classée au sein du genre Centrosaurus. Ses restes ont été retrouvés dans la formation d'Oldman, en Alberta. Ils sont datés du Campanien (entre 83,5 ± 0,7 et 70,6 ± 0,6 Ma), étage stratigraphique du Crétacé supérieur.
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