Pachyrhinosaurus Pachyrhinosaurus canadensis Sternberg 1950
/pˌækɪɹˌaɪnəsˈɔːɹəs/
estimated
Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) · 83.6–66 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
herbivore
Locomotion
quadrupedal
inferred from clade
Habitat
ground-dwelling
Where It Was Found
Country
Canada
Region
Alberta
Formations
St. Mary River · Horseshoe Canyon
Dig sites
6
distinct collections
Overview
Pachyrhinosaurus canadensis 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 Alberta, Canada. It was named by Sternberg 1950. The species is represented by 6 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Fossil Record Completeness
How much of this profile is grounded in the fossil record
~21%
confidence from occurrence count
Based on 6 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Geologic Time
Where Pachyrhinosaurus canadensis sits in deep time
Pachyrhinosaurus
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships
Part of a wider fossil web
These species share Pachyrhinosaurus canadensis'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.