Einiosaurus
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Einiosaurus is a genus of herbivorous centrosaurine ceratopsian dinosaur from the Upper Cretaceous (Campanian stage) of northwestern Montana. The name means 'bison lizard', in a combination of Blackfeet Indian eini and Latinized Ancient Greek sauros; the specific name (procurvicornis) means 'with a forward-curving horn' in Latin. Einiosaurus is medium-sized with an estimated body length at .
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Encyclopedic overview
20 sectionsContents
- History of discovery
- Horner's expeditions to Landslide Butte
- Interpretation of the collected fossils
- Sampson names ''Einiosaurus''
- Possible ''Einiosaurus'' finds
- Description
- Size and distinguishing traits
- Skull
- Evolution
- Horner's hypothesis of anagenesis
- Classification
- Phylogeny
- Paleobiology
- Function of skull ornamentation
- Social behavior
- Metabolism and growth
- Paleoenvironment
- See also
- Footnotes
- References
Einiosaurus is a genus of herbivorous centrosaurine ceratopsian dinosaur from the Upper Cretaceous (Campanian stage) of northwestern Montana. The name means 'bison lizard', in a combination of Blackfeet Indian eini and Latinized Ancient Greek sauros; the specific name (procurvicornis) means 'with a forward-curving horn' in Latin. Einiosaurus is medium-sized with an estimated body length at .
==History of discovery== ===Horner's expeditions to Landslide Butte=== left|thumb|Jack Horner (paleontologist)|Jack Horner led the team that discovered Einiosaurus Einiosaurus is an exclusively Montanan dinosaur, and all of its known remains are currently held at the Museum of the Rockies in Bozeman, Montana. At least fifteen individuals of varying ages are represented by three adult skulls and hundreds of other bones from two low-diversity, monospecific (one species) bonebeds, which were discovered by Jack Horner in 1985 and excavated from 1985 to 1989 by Museum of the Rockies field crews.
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