Medusaceratops

Medusaceratops
Temporal range: Middle Campanian, 77.5 Ma
Skeleton at Wyoming Dinosaur Museum formerly referred to Albertaceratops
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Clade: Ornithischia
Clade: Neornithischia
Clade: Ceratopsia
Family: Ceratopsidae
Subfamily: Centrosaurinae
Clade: Albertaceratopsini
Genus: Medusaceratops
Ryan, Russell & Hartman, 2010
Species:
M. lokii
Binomial name
Medusaceratops lokii
Ryan, Russell & Hartman, 2010

Medusaceratops is an extinct genus of centrosaurine ceratopsian dinosaur known from the Late Cretaceous Judith River Formation (middle Campanian stage) of Montana, northern United States. It contains a single species, Medusaceratops lokii.[1]

  1. ^ Ryan, Michael J.; Russell, Anthony P., and Hartman, Scott. (2010). "A New Chasmosaurine Ceratopsid from the Judith River Formation, Montana", In: Michael J. Ryan, Brenda J. Chinnery-Allgeier, and David A. Eberth (eds), New Perspectives on Horned Dinosaurs: The Royal Tyrrell Museum Ceratopsian Symposium, Indiana University Press, 656 pp. ISBN 0-253-35358-0.