Genus
Valid Extinct

Titanoceratops

Longrich 2011

Titanoceratops is a controversial genus of chasmosaurine ceratopsian dinosaur that lived in the Late Cretaceous period in what is now New Mexico. Titanoceratops was named for its large size, being one of the largest known horned dinosaurs and the type species was named T. ouranos, after Uranus (Ouranos), the father of the Greek titans. It was named in 2011 by Nicholas R. Longrich for a specimen previously referred to Pentaceratops. Longrich believed that unique features found in the skull reveal it to have been a close relative of Triceratops, classified within the subgroup Triceratopsini. However, other researchers have expressed skepticism, and believe Titanoceratops to simply be an unusually large, old specimen of Pentaceratops.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
1
Group
Dinosaures
Herbivore Ground dwelling Terrestrial
Titanoceratops
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Photograph of the holotype skull of Titanoceratops ouranos, from the late Campanian aged Kirtland/Fruitland beds of New Mexico, USA. Photograph by Nick Longrich © NickLongrich · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia
PBDB Wikipedia
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
Titanoceratops Genus
Fossil sites 1 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇺🇸 United States
1
Geological formations
Temporal distribution
Campanian (83.6–72.2 Ma)
1
Species (1)
Titanoceratops ouranos 84 Ma
Images 2
Bibliography
Original description
N. R. Longrich. 2011. Titanoceratops ouranos, a giant horned dinosaur from the late Campanian of New Mexico. Cretaceous Research 32:264-276 DOI ↗
Bibliography (1)
N. R. Longrich. 2011. Titanoceratops ouranos, a giant horned dinosaur from the late Campanian of New Mexico. Cretaceous Research 32:264-276 DOI ↗