Crittendenceratops

Name: Crittendenceratops ‭(‬Fort Crittenden Formation horned face‭).
Phonetic: Krit-ten--en-seh-rah-tops.
Named By: S.‭ ‬G.‭ ‬Dalman,‭ ‬J.-P.‭ ‬M.‭ ‬Hodnett,‭ ‬A.‭ ‬J.‭ ‬Lichtig‭ & ‬S.‭ ‬G.‭ ‬Lucas‭ ‬-‭ ‬2018.
Classification: Chordata,‭ ‬Reptilia,‭ ‬Dinosauria,‭ ‬Ornithischia,‭ ‬Ceratopsidae,‭ ‬Centrosaurinae,‭ ‬Nasutoceratopsini.
Species: C.‭ ‬krzyzanowskii‭ (‬type‭)‬.
Diet: Herbivore.
Size: Uncertain.
Known locations: USA,‭ ‬Arizona‭ ‬-‭ ‬Fort Crittenden Formation.
Time period: Campanian of the Cretaceous.
Fossil representation: Partial skull.

       Crittendenceratops is a genus of ceratopsian dinosaur that lived in Western portion of North America during the late Cretaceous.‭ ‬While many fossils of various types of animals have been discovered in the Fort Crittenden Formation of Arizona,‭ ‬Crittendenceratops is the first distinct genus to be named from this formation.

Further reading
-‭ ‬A new ceratopsid dinosaur‭ (‬Centrosaurinae:‭ ‬Nasutoceratopsini‭) ‬from the Fort Crittenden Formation,‭ ‬Upper Cretaceous‭ (‬Campanian‭) ‬of Arizona.‭ ‬-‭ ‬New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin‭ ‬79:141-164.‭ ‬-‭ ‬S.‭ ‬G.‭ ‬Dalman,‭ ‬J.-P.‭ ‬M.‭ ‬Hodnett,‭ ‬A.‭ ‬J.‭ ‬Lichtig‭ & ‬S.‭ ‬G.‭ ‬Lucas‭ ‬-‭ ‬2018.



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