Genus
Valid Extinct

Cerasinops

Chinnery and Horner 2007

Cerasinops was a small ceratopsian dinosaur. It lived during the Campanian of the late Cretaceous Period. Its fossils have been found in Two Medicine Formation, in Montana. The type species of the genus Cerasinops is C. hodgskissi.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
3
Group
Dinosaures
Herbivore Ground dwelling Terrestrial
Cerasinops
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Cerasinops
Cerasinops
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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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Cerasinops Genus
Measurements
Length
2,6 m ⓘ
Cerasinops hodgskissi
Mass
200 kg ⓘ
Cerasinops hodgskissi
Fossil sites 3 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇺🇸 United States
3
Geological formations
Two Medicine
3
Temporal distribution
Campanian (83.6–72.2 Ma)
3
Species (1)
Cerasinops hodgskissi 84 Ma
Images 2
Bibliography
Original description
B. J. Chinnery and J. R. Horner. 2007. A new neoceratopsian dinosaur linking North American and Asian taxa. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 27(3):625-641 DOI ↗
Bibliography (1)
B. J. Chinnery and J. R. Horner. 2007. A new neoceratopsian dinosaur linking North American and Asian taxa. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 27(3):625-641 DOI ↗