Centrosaurus Temporal range: Late Cretaceous (Campanian),
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Skull ROM 767 from Dinosaur Provincial Park | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | Dinosauria |
Clade: | †Ornithischia |
Clade: | †Neornithischia |
Clade: | †Ceratopsia |
Family: | †Ceratopsidae |
Subfamily: | †Centrosaurinae |
Clade: | †Eucentrosaura |
Tribe: | †Centrosaurini |
Genus: | †Centrosaurus Lambe 1904 |
Species: | †C. apertus
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Binomial name | |
†Centrosaurus apertus Lambe 1904
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Centrosaurus (/ˌsɛntroʊˈsɔːrəs/ SEN-troh-SOR-əs; lit. 'pointed lizard') is a genus of centrosaurine ceratopsian dinosaur from Campanian age of Late Cretaceous Canada. Their remains have been found in the Dinosaur Park Formation, dating from 76.5 to 75.5 million years ago.[1]