Genus
Valid Extinct

Spiclypeus

Mallon et al. 2016

Spiclypeus is an extinct genus of chasmosaurine ceratopsian dinosaur known from the Late Cretaceous Judith River Formation of Montana, United States.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
1
Group
Dinosaures
Herbivore Ground dwelling Terrestrial
Spiclypeus
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Spiclypeus
Spiclypeus
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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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Ceratopsidae Family
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Chasmosaurinae Subfamily
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Spiclypeus Genus
Measurements
Length
5,3 m ⓘ
Spiclypeus shipporum
Mass
1 500 kg ⓘ
Spiclypeus shipporum
Fossil sites 1 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇺🇸 United States
1
Geological formations
Judith River
1
Temporal distribution
Campanian (83.6–72.2 Ma)
1
Species (1)
Spiclypeus shipporum 84 Ma
Images 2
Bibliography
Original description
J. C. Mallon, C. J. Ott, and P. L. Larson, E. M. Iuliano, D. C. Evans. 2016. Spiclypeus shipporum gen. et sp. nov., a boldly audacious new chasmosaurine ceratopsid (Dinosauria: Ornithischia) from the Judith River Formation (Upper Cretaceous: Campanian) of Montana, USA. PLoS ONE 11(5):e0154218:1-40 DOI ↗
Bibliography (1)
J. C. Mallon, C. J. Ott, and P. L. Larson, E. M. Iuliano, D. C. Evans. 2016. Spiclypeus shipporum gen. et sp. nov., a boldly audacious new chasmosaurine ceratopsid (Dinosauria: Ornithischia) from the Judith River Formation (Upper Cretaceous: Campanian) of Montana, USA. PLoS ONE 11(5):e0154218:1-40 DOI ↗