Reptilia - Ornithischia - Ceratopsidae
Alternative combination: Chasmosaurus mariscalensis
Full reference: T. M. Lehman. 1989. Chasmosaurus mariscalensis, sp. nov., a new ceratopsian dinosaur from Texas. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 9(2):137-162
Belongs to Agujaceratops according to P. J. Currie and E. B. Koppelhus 2014
See also Benammi and Montellano-Ballesteros 2006, Campbell et al. 2016, Diem and Archibald 2005, Dodson and Currie 1990, Dodson et al. 2004, Eberth et al. 2001, Erickson et al. 2009, Farke 2011, Forster and Sereno 1993, Holmes and Ryan 2013, Hunt and Lehman 2008, Konishi 2015, Lehman 1989, Lehman 1990, Lehman 1996, Lehman 2007, Loewen et al. 2013, Longrich 2010, Longrich 2013, Longrich 2014, Longrich et al. 2013, Lucas et al. 2006, Maidment and Barrett 2011, Porras-Múzquiz and Lehman 2011, Rivera-Sylva and Carpenter 2014, Ryan 2007, Scannella and Horner 2011, Tweet and Santucci 2018 and Williamson and Weil 2008
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: UTEP P.37.3.086, a partial skull (braincase, left supraorbital horncore,left maxilla, and right dentary). Its type locality is WPA Quarry L3 (TMM), which is in a Judithian interdistributary bay claystone in the Aguja Formation of Texas.
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Mexico (2 collections), United States (6: Texas)
Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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