Crittendenceratops
Crittendenceratops (meaning "horned face from the Fort Crittenden Formation") is a genus of horned centrosaurine ceratopsid dinosaur from the late Campanian Fort Crittenden Formation of Arizona. It contains a single species, C. krzyzanowskii, and represents the first species of dinosaur from the Fort Crittenden Formation to receive a formal scientific name.
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| Life reconstruction of C. kryzanowskii | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Dinosauria |
| Order: | †Ornithischia |
| Family: | †Ceratopsidae |
| Subfamily: | †Centrosaurinae |
| Tribe: | †Nasutoceratopsini |
| Genus: | †Crittendenceratops Dalman et al., 2018 |
| Species: | †C. krzyzanowskii |
| Binomial name | |
| †Crittendenceratops krzyzanowskii Dalman et al., 2018 | |
Description
Crittendenceratops is distinguished by forward-curving, hook-like flanges located along the central portion of the top of the frill, "extensive" epiparietals located along the sides of the parietal portion of the frill, a thickening of the frill in the parietal portion, and a short, pronounced ridge on the surface of the squamosal portion of the frill.[1]
Classification
Crittendenceratops was assigned to the Nasutoceratopsini (which also includes Avaceratops, Nasutoceratops, and Yehuecauhceratops), a tribe of the ceratopsid subfamily Centrosaurinae, by Dalman et al. (2018). The cladogram below follows their phylogenetic analysis:[1]
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References
- Dalman, Sebastian G.; Hodnett, John-Paul M.; Lichtig, Asher J.; Lucas, Spencer G. (2018). "A new ceratopsid dinosaur (Centrosaurinae: Nasutoceratopsini) from the Fort Crittenden Formation, Upper Cretaceous (Campanian) of Arizona". New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin. 79: 141–164.
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