Genus

Valid Extinct

Crittendenceratops

Dalman et al. 2018

Crittendenceratops is a genus of horned centrosaurine ceratopsid dinosaur from the late Campanian Fort Crittenden Formation of Arizona. It contains a single species, C. krzyzanowskii, and represents the first dinosaur taxon from that formation to receive a formal scientific name.

Temporal range

Triassic

Jurassic

Cretaceous

Paleogene

Neogene

252 201 145 66 0 Ma

PBDB occurrences

Group

Dinosaures

Herbivore Ground dwelling Terrestrial

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Reconstruction of members of the clade Nasutoceratopsini: Crittendenceratops, Yehuecauhceratops, Nasutoceratops and Avaceratops. © ABelov2014 (https://abelov2014.deviantart.com/) · CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia

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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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Centrosaurinae Subfamily

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Nasutoceratopsini Unranked clade

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Crittendenceratops Genus

Fossil sites 2 geolocated sites

Distribution

Top countries

🇺🇸 United States

Geological formations

Fort Crittenden

Temporal distribution

Campanian (83.6–72.2 Ma)

Species (1)

Crittendenceratops krzyzanowskii 84 Ma

Images 1

Bibliography

Original description

S. G. Dalman, J.-P. M. Hodnett, and A. J. Lichtig, S. G. Lucas. 2018. A new ceratopsid dinosaur (Centrosaurinae: Nasutoceratopsini) from the Fort Crittenden Formation, Upper Cretaceous (Campanian) of Arizona. New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 79:141-164

Bibliography (1)