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.
Diet
Herbivore.
Species
S. shipporum
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.
- 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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