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Coronosaurus 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

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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 è un genere estinto di centrosaurino vissuto in America del Nord durante il Cretaceo (Maastrichtiano) circa 77 milioni di anni fa.

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