Avaceratops lammersi Dodson 1986 (ceratopsid)

Reptilia - Ornithischia - Ceratopsidae

Alternative combinations: Avaceratops lamersi, Avaceratops lammersorum

Full reference: P. Dodson. 1986. Avaceratops lammersi: a new ceratopsid from the Judith River Formation of Montana. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 138(2):305-317

Belongs to Avaceratops according to M. J. Ryan et al. 2017

See also Butler and Sullivan 2009, Dodson 1986, Dodson 1990, Dodson and Currie 1990, Dodson et al. 2004, Farke et al. 2011, Horner 1988, Horner et al. 2001, Horner et al. 2004, Longrich 2010, Longrich 2013, Lund et al. 2016, Mallon et al. 2016, McDonald 2011, McDonald and Horner 2010, Olshevsky 1991, Olshevsky 2000, Penkalski 1993 and Penkalski and Dodson 1999

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: ANSP 15800, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is Careless Creek Quarry (CCQ), which is in a Campanian channel sandstone in the Judith River Formation of Montana.

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at Careless Creek Quarry (CCQ)

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