Genus
Valid Extinct

Gryphoceratops

Ryan et al. 2012
Etymology Du Gryphon, une créature de la Mythologie Grecque ayant un corps de lion et une tête d’aigle (une allusion au bec de ce dinosaure) et du Grec Latinisé ''ceratops'', tête cornue.

Gryphoceratops is an extinct genus of leptoceratopsid ceratopsian dinosaur known from the Late Cretaceous of Alberta, southern Canada.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
1
Group
Dinosaures
Herbivore Ground dwelling Terrestrial
Gryphoceratops
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Classification
Dinosauria Unranked clade
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Ornithischia Unranked clade
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Neornithischia Unranked clade
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Pyrodontia Unranked clade
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Cerapoda Unranked clade
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Marginocephalia Unranked clade
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Ceratopsia Suborder
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Neoceratopsia Infraorder
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Leptoceratopsidae Family
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Gryphoceratops Genus
Fossil sites 1 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇨🇦 Canada
1
Geological formations
Milk River
1
Temporal distribution
Santonian (85.7–83.6 Ma)
1
Species (1)
Gryphoceratops morrisoni 86 Ma
Images 1
Bibliography
Original description
M. J. Ryan, D. C. Evans, and P. J. Currie, C. M. Brown, D. Brinkman. 2012. New leptoceratopsids from the Upper Cretaceous of Alberta, Canada. Cretaceous Research 35(1):69-80 DOI ↗
Bibliography (1)
M. J. Ryan, D. C. Evans, and P. J. Currie, C. M. Brown, D. Brinkman. 2012. New leptoceratopsids from the Upper Cretaceous of Alberta, Canada. Cretaceous Research 35(1):69-80 DOI ↗