Genus
Valid Extinct

Medusaceratops

Ryan et al. 2010
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Medusaceratops is an extinct genus of centrosaurine ceratopsian dinosaur known from the Late Cretaceous Judith River Formation of Montana, northern United States. It contains a single species, Medusaceratops lokii.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
1
Group
Dinosaures
Herbivore Ground dwelling Terrestrial
Medusaceratops
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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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Medusaceratops Genus
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)
Medusaceratops lokii 84 Ma
Images 1
Bibliography
Original description
M. J. Ryan, A. P. Russell, and S. Hartman. 2010. A new chasmosaurine ceratopsid from the Judith River Formation, Montana. New Perspectives on Horned Dinosaurs: The Royal Tyrrell Museum Ceratopsian Symposium. Indiana University Press, Bloomington
Bibliography (1)
M. J. Ryan, A. P. Russell, and S. Hartman. 2010. A new chasmosaurine ceratopsid from the Judith River Formation, Montana. New Perspectives on Horned Dinosaurs: The Royal Tyrrell Museum Ceratopsian Symposium. Indiana University Press, Bloomington