Centrosaurus Centrosaurus apertus (Lambe 1905)
/ˌsɛntroʊˈsɔːrəs/
Late Cretaceous (Campanian) · 83.6–72.2 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
herbivore
Locomotion
quadrupedal
inferred from clade
Habitat
ground-dwelling
Where It Was Found
Country
Canada
Region
Alberta
Formations
Dinosaur Park · Oldman
Dig sites
37
distinct collections
Overview
Centrosaurus apertus is a ceratopsian dinosaur known from the Late Cretaceous, roughly 83.6–72.2 million years ago. It was a herbivore. It is recorded as ground-dwelling. Fossils have been recovered from Alberta, Canada. It was named by (Lambe 1905). The species is represented by 42 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Fossil Record Completeness
How much of this profile is grounded in the fossil record
~81%
well attested
Based on 42 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Geologic Time
Where Centrosaurus apertus sits in deep time
Centrosaurus
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships
Part of a wider fossil web
These species share Centrosaurus apertus's place in deep time — computed from overlapping age ranges, shared clades, and inferred ecology. Predator–prey pairs additionally have to have been dug up in the same place.