Genus
Valid Extinct

Unescoceratops

Ryan et al. 2012
Etymology Tête cornue de l’Unesco (en référence au classement au patrimoine mondial de l’humanité du Dinosaur Provincial Park de l’Alberta d’où provient l’holotype de ce dinosaure).

Unescoceratops is a genus of leptoceratopsid ceratopsian dinosaurs known from the Late Cretaceous of Alberta, southern Canada. It contains a single species, Unescoceratops koppelhusae.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
1
Group
Dinosaures
Herbivore Ground dwelling Terrestrial
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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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Unescoceratops Genus
Fossil sites 1 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇨🇦 Canada
1
Geological formations
Dinosaur Park
1
Temporal distribution
Campanian (83.6–72.2 Ma)
1
Species (1)
Unescoceratops koppelhusae 84 Ma
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 ↗