Stellasaurus
Field photograph to come
Stellasaurus
DV-1118 · type species Stellasaurus ancellae
- Lived
- 84 to 72 million years ago, Late Cretaceous
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Group
- Ceratopsians, Ceratopsidae
- Found in
- United States
- Named by
- Wilson et al. 2020
Field notes
About Stellasaurus
Stellasaurus 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 1 find of Stellasaurus, from Montana. Its fossils come from the Two Medicine Formation. It was named by Wilson et al. in 2020.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
80 million years ago
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations.
Close relatives
Other members of Ceratopsidae.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: J. P. Wilson, M. J. Ryan, and D. C. Evans. 2020. A new, transitional centrosaurine ceratopsid from the Upper Cretaceous Two Medicine Formation of Montana and the evolution of the 'Styracosaurus-line' dinosaurs. Royal Society Open Science 7:200284