Styracosaurus Styracosaurus albertensis Lambe 1913
/stɪˌrækəˈsɔːrəs/
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
8
distinct collections
Overview
Styracosaurus albertensis 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 1913. The species is represented by 10 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Fossil Record Completeness
How much of this profile is grounded in the fossil record
~33%
well attested
Based on 10 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Geologic Time
Where Styracosaurus albertensis sits in deep time
Styracosaurus
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships
Part of a wider fossil web
These species share Styracosaurus albertensis'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.