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Montanoceratops Montanoceratops cerorhynchus (Brown and Schlaikjer 1942)
/mɒnˌtænoʊˈsɛrətɒps/
Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) · 83.6–66 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
herbivore
Locomotion
quadrupedal
inferred from clade
Habitat
ground-dwelling
Where It Was Found
Countries
United States, Canada
Regions
Montana · Alberta
Formations
St. Mary River · Horseshoe Canyon
Dig sites
3
distinct collections
Overview
Montanoceratops cerorhynchus is a ceratopsian dinosaur known from the Late Cretaceous, roughly 83.6–66.0 million years ago. It was a herbivore. It is recorded as ground-dwelling. Fossils have been recovered from Montana, United States and elsewhere. It was named by (Brown and Schlaikjer 1942). The species is represented by 3 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Fossil Record Completeness
How much of this profile is grounded in the fossil record
~11%
confidence from occurrence count
Based on 3 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Geologic Time
Where Montanoceratops cerorhynchus sits in deep time
Montanoceratops
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships
Part of a wider fossil web
These species share Montanoceratops cerorhynchus'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.