Spiclypeus
Name:
Spiclypeus
(Spike shield).
Phonetic: Spik-le-pe-us.
Named By: J. C. Mallon, C. J. Ott, P.
L. Larson, E. M. Iuliano & D. C. Evans -
2015.
Classification: Chordata, Reptilia, Dinosauria,
Ornithischia, Ceratopsia, Chasmosaurinae.
Species: S. shipporum
(type).
Diet: Herbivore.
Size: Reconstructed skull length 1.67 meters.
Total body
length uncertain due to lack of remains but roughly estimated at
4.5 to 6 meters long.
Known locations: USA, Montana - Judith River
Formation.
Time period: Campanisn of the Cretaceous.
Fossil representation: Partial skull.
Spiclypeus
is
a genus of ceratopsian
dinosaur that lived in North America during the
late Cretaceous.
Further reading
- Spiclypeus shipporum
gen. et sp. nov., a boldly audacious new chasmosaurine
ceratopsid (Dinosauria: Ornithischia) from the Judith River
Formation (Upper Cretaceous: Campanian) of Montana, USA. -
PLoS ONE 11(5). - J. C. Mallon, C. J. Ott, P.
L. Larson, E. M. Iuliano & D. C. Evans -
2015.
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