Eoceratops
| Eoceratops Temporal range: Late Cretaceous, 76.5–75Ma | |
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| Illustration of a horn core referred in 1907 to Ceratops canadensis by Lull | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Dinosauria |
| Order: | †Ornithischia |
| Family: | †Ceratopsidae |
| Subfamily: | †Chasmosaurinae |
| Genus: | †Eoceratops Hatcher, 1905 |
| Type species | |
| †Ceratops canadensis Lambe, 1902 | |
| Species | |
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†Eoceratops canadensis (Lambe, 1902) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Ceratops canadensis Lambe, 1902 | |
Eoceratops is a genus of ceratopsian dinosaurs containing the single species Eoceratops canadensis (originally classified as Ceratops canadensis). It is a chasmosaurine ceratopsian which lived during the Late Cretaceous period, in what is now Western Canada. It is a possible senior synonym of Mojoceratops perifania, which was named by Nicholas R. Longrich in 2010.[1]
References
- ↑ Nicholas R. Longrich (2010). "Mojoceratops perifania, A New Chasmosaurine Ceratopsid from the Late Campanian of Western Canada". Journal of Paleontology 84 (4): 681–694. doi:10.1666/09-114.1.