Genus
Valid Extinct

Regaliceratops

Brown and Henderson 2015

Regaliceratops is a monospecific genus of chasmosaurine ceratopsid dinosaur from Alberta, Canada that lived during the Late Cretaceous in what is now the St. Mary River Formation. The type and only species, Regaliceratops peterhewsi, is known only from an adult individual with a nearly complete skull lacking the lower jaw, which was nicknamed "Hellboy". Regaliceratops was named in 2015 by Caleb M. Brown and Donald M. Henderson. Regaliceratops has an estimated length of 5 metres (16 ft) and body mass of 2 metric tons. The skull of Regaliceratops displays features more similar to centrosaurines, which suggests convergent evolution in display morphology in ceratopsids.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
1
Group
Dinosaures
Herbivore Ground dwelling Terrestrial
Regaliceratops
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Classification
Dinosauria Unranked clade
Ornithischia Unranked clade
Neornithischia Unranked clade
Pyrodontia Unranked clade
Cerapoda Unranked clade
Marginocephalia Unranked clade
Ceratopsia Suborder
Ceratopsidae Family
Chasmosaurinae Subfamily
Triceratopsini Unranked clade
Regaliceratops Genus
Fossil sites 1 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇨🇦 Canada
1
Geological formations
St. Mary River
1
Temporal distribution
Maastrichtian (72.2–66 Ma)
1
Species (1)
Regaliceratops peterhewsi 72 Ma
Images 1
Bibliography
Original description
C. M. Brown and D. M. Henderson. 2015. A new horned dinosaur reveals convergent evolution in cranial ornamentation in Ceratopsidae. Current Biology 25:1641-1648 DOI ↗
Bibliography (1)
C. M. Brown and D. M. Henderson. 2015. A new horned dinosaur reveals convergent evolution in cranial ornamentation in Ceratopsidae. Current Biology 25:1641-1648 DOI ↗