Chasmosaurus Chasmosaurus belli (Lambe 1902)
/ˌkæzmoʊˈsɔːrəs/
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
Formation
Dinosaur Park
Dig sites
7
distinct collections
Overview
Chasmosaurus belli 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 1902). The species is represented by 7 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Fossil Record Completeness
How much of this profile is grounded in the fossil record
~24%
confidence from occurrence count
Based on 7 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Geologic Time
Where Chasmosaurus belli sits in deep time
Chasmosaurus
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships
Part of a wider fossil web
These species share Chasmosaurus belli'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.