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Prenoceratops

Osteichthyes - Leptoceratopsidae

Species
P. pieganensis (type species)
Entered
by M. Carrano on 2007-03-12; modified by M. Carrano on 2021-01-25

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2004Prenoceratops Chinnery pp. 572-573 figs. 1-8
2007Prenoceratops Chinnery and Horner p. 638 fig. 6
2012Prenoceratops Ryan et al. p. 77 fig. 7
2014Prenoceratops Farke et al.
2015Prenoceratops Zheng et al. p. 6 fig. 3
2019Prenoceratops Morschhauser et al. p. 129 fig. 10

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
RankNameAuthor
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Ornithischia()
—Neornithischia()
—Pyrodontia
—Cerapoda
—Marginocephalia
suborderCeratopsia
infraorderNeoceratopsia
familyLeptoceratopsidae()
genusPrenoceratops

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. †Prenoceratops Chinnery 2004
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†Prenoceratops pieganensis Chinnery 2004
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatiteo
Entire body: yeso
Adult length: 10 to < 100o
Adult width: 1.0 to < 10o
Adult height: 1.0 to < 10o
Architecture: compact or denseo
Ontogeny: accretion, modification of partso
Grouping: gregariouso
Environment: terrestrialsubo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: ground dwellingsubo
Diet: herbivoresubo
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2005-09-15 11:08:09
Modified: 2005-09-15 13:08:09
Source: subo = suborder, o = order
References: Norman and Weishampel 1991, Marsh 1875, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Late/Upper Campanian or 83.60000 to 72.20000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (Montana) Neoceratopsia indet. (69931)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2Canada (Alberta) P. sp. (52991)