Centrosaurus
Centrosaurus (/ˌsɛntroʊˈsɔːrəs/ SEN-troh-SOR-əs; lit. 'pointed lizard') is a genus of centrosaurine ceratopsian dinosaur from Campanian age of Late Cretaceous Canada. Their remains have been found in the Dinosaur Park Formation, dating from 76.5 to 75.5 million years ago.
| Centrosaurus Temporal range: Late Cretaceous (Campanian), | |
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| Skull ROM 767 from Dinosaur Provincial Park | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Dinosauria |
| Clade: | †Ornithischia |
| Suborder: | †Ceratopsia |
| Family: | †Ceratopsidae |
| Subfamily: | †Centrosaurinae |
| Clade: | †Eucentrosaura |
| Tribe: | †Centrosaurini |
| Genus: | †Centrosaurus Lambe 1904 |
| Species: | †C. apertus |
| Binomial name | |
| †Centrosaurus apertus Lambe 1904 | |
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