Genus
Valid Extinct

Lokiceratops

Loewen et al. 2024

Lokiceratops is an extinct genus of centrosaurine ceratopsian dinosaurs from the Late Cretaceous (Campanian) Judith River Formation of Montana, United States. The genus contains a single species, L. rangiformis, known from most of the skull and a partial skeleton. Four other ceratopsians are known from the same stratigraphic interval as Lokiceratops—more than in any other locality—suggesting that this clade was very diverse during the Late Cretaceous of northern Laramidia.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
1
Group
Dinosaures
Herbivore Ground dwelling Terrestrial
Lokiceratops
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Mounted skull of EMK 0012 (Lokiceratops rangiformis holotype). (A) Mounted skull in posterior view. (B) Mounted skull in right lateral view. (C) Mounted skull in dorsal view. (D) Mounted skull in left lateral view. Areas in gray are reconstructed. Minor changes from side to side and in the orbits are the result of post-depositional deformation. Photos contain parallax. Scale bar equals 1 m. © Marcus Donivan · CC BY 4.0 · 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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Centrasaurinae Subfamily
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Albertaceratopsini Tribe
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Lokiceratops Genus
Fossil sites 1 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇺🇸 United States
1
Geological formations
Judith River
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Temporal distribution
Campanian (83.6–72.2 Ma)
1
Species (1)
Lokiceratops rangiformis 84 Ma
Images 1
Bibliography
Original description
M.A. Loewen, J. J. W. Sertich, and S. Sampson, J. K. O.'Connor, S. Carpenter, B. Sisson, A. Ohlenschlaaeger, A. Farke, P. J. Makovicky, N. Longrich, DC Evans. 2024. Lokiceratops rangiformis gen. et sp. nov. (Ceratopsidae: Centrosaurinae) from the Campanian Judith River Formation of Montana reveals rapid regional radiations and extreme endemism within centrosaurine dinosaurs. PeerJ 12:e17224:1-97 DOI ↗
Bibliography (1)
M.A. Loewen, J. J. W. Sertich, and S. Sampson, J. K. O.'Connor, S. Carpenter, B. Sisson, A. Ohlenschlaaeger, A. Farke, P. J. Makovicky, N. Longrich, DC Evans. 2024. Lokiceratops rangiformis gen. et sp. nov. (Ceratopsidae: Centrosaurinae) from the Campanian Judith River Formation of Montana reveals rapid regional radiations and extreme endemism within centrosaurine dinosaurs. PeerJ 12:e17224:1-97 DOI ↗