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Coronosaurus Coronosaurus

"crown"

You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Coronosaurus 5 m (16.4 ft) long
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Length
5 m (16.4 ft)
Period
Late Cretaceous (77 Mya)
Place
Canada · Alberta, Canada
Food
Herbivore
Clade
Ceratopsidae Dinosauria Ornithischia Cerapoda Marginocephalia

Coronosaurus is a genus of centrosaurine ceratopsian dinosaurs which lived in the Late Cretaceous, in the middle Campanian stage. Its remains, two bone beds, were discovered by Phillip J. Currie in the Oldman Formation of Alberta, Canada, and its type and only species, Coronosaurus brinkmani, was first described in 2005, as a new species within the genus Centrosaurus. Later studies questioned the presence of a direct relationship, and in 2012 it was named as a separate genus. Coronosaurus means “crowned lizard”, coming from “corona”, Latin for crown, and “sauros”, Greek for lizard; this name refers to the unique, crown-like shape of the horns on the top of its frill.

Like other ceratopsids, Coronosaurus had a large frill and horns on its head.

What we know

  • Named by Ryan, Evans & Shepherd, 2012.
  • Body length estimated at about 5 m.
  • Fossils found in Canada and Alberta, Canada.