Sierraceratops

Se-er-rah-seh-rah-tops.
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Emily Green

Paleobotanist

Emily Green brings the ancient world of plants to life through her insightful research and engaging writing. Her expertise lies in examining how prehistoric vegetation influenced climate patterns and animal evolution.

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Name

Sierraceratops ‭(‬Sierra horned face‭)‬.

Phonetic

Se-er-rah-seh-rah-tops.

Named By

S.‭ ‬G.‭ ‬Dalman,‭ ‬S.‭ ‬G.‭ ‬Lucas,‭ ‬S.‭ ‬E Jasinski‭ & ‬N.‭ ‬R.‭ ‬Longrich‭ ‬-‭ ‬2022.

Classification

Chordata,‭ ‬Dinosauria,‭ ‬Ornithischia,‭ ‬Ceratopsia,‭ ‬Ceratopsidae,‭ ‬Chasmosaurinae.

Diet

Herbivore.

Species

S.‭ ‬turneri‭

Size

Skull under‭ ‬2‭ ‬meters long.‭ ‬Full body length estimated at about‭ ‬4.5‭ ‬meters long.

Known locations

USA,‭ ‬New Mexico‭ ‬-‭ ‬Hall Lake Formation.

Time Period

Campanian-Maastrichtian of the Cretaceous.

Fossil representation

Partial skull and post cranial skeleton.

In Depth

       Sierraceratops is a genus of ceratopsian dinosaur that lived in North America during the late Cretaceous.‭ ‬Sierraceratops is also considered to have been a chasmosaurine ceratopsian,‭ ‬the kind noted for having proportionately larger neck frills than other ceratopsian types.

Further reading

-‭ ‬The ceratopsian Torosaurus from the Upper Cretaceous McRae Formation,‭ ‬Sierra County,‭ ‬New Mexico,‭ ‬by S.‭ ‬G.‭ ‬Lucas,‭ ‬G.‭ ‬H.‭ ‬Mark‭ & ‬J.‭ ‬W.‭ ‬Estep.‭ ‬In,‭ ‬New Mexico Geological Society Guidebook,‭ ‬49th Field Conference,‭ ‬Las Cruces County Il.‭ ‬p.‭ ‬223-227.‭ ‬-‭ ‬1998.

-‭ ‬Sierraceratops turneri,‭ ‬a new chasmosaurine ceratopsid from the Hall Lake Formation‭ (‬Upper Cretaceous‭) ‬of south-central New Mexico.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Cretaceous Research.‭ ‬130:‭ ‬Article‭ ‬105034.‭ ‬-‭ ‬S.‭ ‬G.‭ ‬Dalman,‭ ‬S.‭ ‬G.‭ ‬Lucas,‭ ‬S.‭ ‬E Jasinski‭ & ‬N.‭ ‬R.‭ ‬Longrich‭ ‬-‭ ‬2022.

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