Pentaceratops

Description

Pentaceratops est un genre éteint de dinosaures herbivores cératopsiens, ayant vécu en Amérique du Nord (Alberta, Colorado et Nouveau-Mexique) vers la fin du Crétacé supérieur (Campanien).

Information(s)

Source: The Paleobiology Database

Attibution: Osborn 1923¹³⁰⁸⁰
Statut: Valide
Nom commun: Dont la tête porte cinq cornes
Longueur (en m): ?
Largeur (en m): ?
Hauteur (en m): ?
Poids (en m): de ? à ?
Environnement de découverte: terrestrial
Mode de vie: terrestrial
Mode de locomotion: actively mobile
Vision: ?
Alimentation: herbivore
Mode de reprodution: oviparous, dispersal=direct/internal,mobile
Classification: Chasmosaurinae >> Ceratopsidae >> Ceratopsia >> Marginocephalia >> Cerapoda >> Genasauria >> Ornithischia >> Dinosauria
Période: Campanian - Maastrichtian (de -83.60 Ma à -66.00 Ma)

Espèce(s):
- Pentaceratops aquilonius (Synonyme subjectif de Vagaceratops irvinensis)⁵⁹¹⁸⁹
- Pentaceratops fenestratus (Synonyme subjectif de Pentaceratops sternbergii)¹⁸⁵¹³
- Pentaceratops sternbergii (Valide)¹³⁰⁸⁰

Specimen(s):

Pentaceratops: AMNH 6325 - skull
Pentaceratops sternbergi belongs to Pentaceratops sternbergii: OMNH 10165 - skull, fibula, tibia, femur, radius, humerus, coracoid, scapula, fibula, tibia, femur, ischium, ilium, radius, humerus, coracoid, scapula
Détail des Spécimens

Autre(s) Taxon(s) trouvés dans la litterature:
- Pentaceratops
- Pentaceratops aquilonius n. subjective synonym of Vagaceratops irvinensis
- Pentaceratops fenestratus n. subjective synonym of Pentaceratops sternbergii
- Pentaceratops sternbergii
Découverte(s): 15 occcurrences
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- Canada
  - Alberta
    - ?
      - Formation Dinosaur Park
        Vagaceratops irvinensis identifié comme Pentaceratops aquilonius n. sp.: ? ⁵⁹¹⁸⁹
      - Formation Oldman
        Vagaceratops irvinensis identifié comme Pentaceratops aquilonius: ? ⁵⁹¹⁸⁹
- États-Unis
  - Colorado
    - Rio Blanco
      - Formation Williams Fork
        Pentaceratops sternbergii: ? ²⁵⁹⁵⁵
  - New Mexico
    - ?
      - Formation Kirtland
        Pentaceratops sternbergii: ? ⁷⁸¹⁸⁹
    - San Juan
      - Formation Fruitland
        Pentaceratops: ? ⁷²⁶⁶⁸
        Pentaceratops: ? ⁷²⁶⁶⁸
        Pentaceratops: ? ¹⁸⁵¹³
        Pentaceratops sternbergii: ? ¹⁴⁶²⁵
        Pentaceratops sternbergii: ? ¹³⁰⁸⁰
      - Formation Kirtland
        Pentaceratops: ? ¹⁴⁶²⁵
        Pentaceratops: ? ¹⁸⁵¹³
        Pentaceratops: AMNH 6325: skull ¹⁴⁶²⁵
        Pentaceratops: ? ¹⁴⁶²⁵
        Pentaceratops sternbergii identifié comme Pentaceratops fenestratus n. sp.: ? ¹⁸⁵¹³
  - Texas
    - Brewster
      - Formation Aguja
        Pentaceratops: ? ⁵⁴⁰³⁴
Historique des modifications:

Référence	Partie	Dimension (en cm)	Lieu de découverte	Commentaires
AMNH 6325	skull	length: 840	Collection: Alamo Mesa West, San Juan (USNM)- Lieu: US, New Mexico, San Juan
OMNH 10165	skull	length: 1030	Collection: Alamo Mesa West, San Juan (USNM)- Lieu: US, New Mexico, San Juan
OMNH 10165	fibula	length: 730	Collection: Alamo Mesa West, San Juan (USNM)- Lieu: US, New Mexico, San Juan
OMNH 10165	tibia	width: 145, length: 780	Collection: Alamo Mesa West, San Juan (USNM)- Lieu: US, New Mexico, San Juan	width = maximum anteroposterior width in midshaft
OMNH 10165	femur	width: 200, length: 1080	Collection: Alamo Mesa West, San Juan (USNM)- Lieu: US, New Mexico, San Juan	width = maximum anteroposterior width in midshaft
OMNH 10165	radius	length: 500	Collection: Alamo Mesa West, San Juan (USNM)- Lieu: US, New Mexico, San Juan
OMNH 10165	humerus	width: 130, length: 790	Collection: Alamo Mesa West, San Juan (USNM)- Lieu: US, New Mexico, San Juan	width = maximum anteroposterior width in midshaft
OMNH 10165	coracoid	length: 310	Collection: Alamo Mesa West, San Juan (USNM)- Lieu: US, New Mexico, San Juan
OMNH 10165	scapula	width: 165, length: 950	Collection: Alamo Mesa West, San Juan (USNM)- Lieu: US, New Mexico, San Juan	width = maximum anteroposterior width in midshaft

Pas de modification récente.

Publication(s)

La base comprend 8 publication(s).

Source: The Paleobiology Database

↑^{1 2 3}H. F. Osborn. 1923. A new genus and species of Ceratopsia from New Mexico, Pentaceratops sternbergii. American Museum Novitates 93:1-3
↑^{1 2 3}N. R. Longrich. 2014. The horned dinosaurs Pentaceratops and Kosmoceratops from the upper Campanian of Alberta and implications for dinosaur biogeography. Cretaceous Research 51:292-308 (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cretres.2014.06.011)
↑^{1 2 3 4}C. Wiman. 1930. Über Ceratopsia aus der Oberen Kreide in New Mexico [On Ceratopsia from the Upper Cretaceous in New Mexico]. Nova Acta Regiae Societatis Scientiarum Upsaliensis, Series 4 7(2):1-19
↑¹S. G. Lucas, R. M. Sullivan, and A. P. Hunt. 2006. Re-evaluation of Pentaceratops and Chasmosaurus (Ornithischia: Ceratopsidae) in the Upper Cretaceous of the Western Interior. Late Cretaceous Vertebrates from the Western Interior. New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 35:367-370
↑¹C. V. Barns. 2000. Paleontological excavations in designated wilderness: theory and practice. USDA Forest Service Proceedings RMRS P-15 3:155-159
↑^{1 2}D. W. Fowler and E. A. Freedman Fowler. 2020. Transitional evolutionary forms in chasmosaurine ceratopsid dinosaurs: evidence from the Campanian of New Mexico. PeerJ 8:e9251:1-49 (https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9251)
↑^{1 2 3 4}T. M. Lehman. 1993. New data on the ceratopsian dinosaur Pentaceratops sternbergii Osborn from New Mexico. Journal of Paleontology 67(2):279-288 (https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022336000032200)
↑¹A. M. N. H Database. 2015.

Galerie d'images

Source: Wikimédia

Pentaceratops sternbergi, a ceratopsian from the Late Cretaceous of...

Type skull of Pentaceratops sternbergii, American Museum of Natural...