Rubeosaurus

DV-0754 · type species Rubeosaurus ovatus

Lived: 84 to 72 million years ago, Late Cretaceous
Diet: Herbivore
Group: Ceratopsians, Ceratopsidae
Found in: United States
Named by: McDonald and Horner 2010

Field notes

About Rubeosaurus

Rubeosaurus 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 Rubeosaurus, from Montana. Its fossils come from the Two Medicine Formation. It was named by McDonald and Horner in 2010.

The evidence

Where its fossils were found

Today

2 finds

80 million years ago

Map: C. R. Scotese, PALEOMAP

Lived alongside

Found in the same rock formations.

Close relatives

Other members of Ceratopsidae.

Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: A. T. McDonald and J. R. Horner. 2010. New material of "Styracosaurus" ovatus from the Two Medicine Formation of Montana. New Perspectives on Horned Dinosaurs: The Royal Tyrrell Museum Ceratopsian Symposium. Indiana University Press, Bloomington