Coronosaurus
Field photograph to come
Coronosaurus
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- Lived
- 84 to 72 million years ago, Late Cretaceous
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Length
- about 5 m (16 ft)
- Group
- Ceratopsians, Ceratopsidae
- Found in
- Canada
- Named by
- Ryan et al. 2012
Field notes
About Coronosaurus
Coronosaurus was a plant-eating ceratopsian that lived in the Late Cretaceous, 84 to 72 million years ago. It belongs to the family Ceratopsidae.
The Paleobiology Database lists 2 finds of Coronosaurus, from Alberta. Its fossils come from the Oldman Formation. It was named by Ryan et al. in 2012.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
80 million years ago
To scale
How big was Coronosaurus?
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations.
Close relatives
Other members of Ceratopsidae.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: M. J. Ryan, D. C. Evans, and K. M. Shepherd. 2012. A new ceratopsid from the Foremost Formation (middle Campanian) of Alberta. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 49:1251-1262