Species
Valid Extinct

Vagaceratops irvinensis

(Holmes et al. 2001)

No Wikipedia summary available.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
7
Group
Dinosaures
Herbivore Ground dwelling Terrestrial
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Classification
Dinosauria Unranked clade
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Ornithischia Unranked clade
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Neornithischia Unranked clade
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Pyrodontia Unranked clade
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Cerapoda Unranked clade
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Marginocephalia Unranked clade
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Ceratopsia Suborder
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Ceratopsidae Family
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Chasmosaurinae Subfamily
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Vagaceratops Genus
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Vagaceratops irvinensis Species
Fossil sites 7 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇨🇦 Canada
6
🇺🇸 United States
1
Geological formations
Dinosaur Park
5
Oldman
1
Judith River
1
Temporal distribution
Campanian (83.6–72.2 Ma)
7
Synonyms (2)
Mercuriceratops gemini subjective synonym of Vagaceratops irvinensis
Pentaceratops aquilonius subjective synonym of Vagaceratops irvinensis
Bibliography
Original description
R. B. Holmes, C. A. Forster, and M. J. Ryan, K. M. Shepherd. 2001. A new species of Chasmosaurus (Dinosauria: Ceratopsia) from the Dinosaur Park Formation of southern Alberta. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 38:1423-1438 DOI ↗
Bibliography (3)
N. R. Longrich. 2014. The horned dinosaurs Pentaceratops and Kosmoceratops from the upper Campanian of Alberta and implications for dinosaur biogeography. Cretaceous Research 51:292-308 DOI ↗
M. J. Ryan, D. C. Evans, and P. J. Currie, M. A. Lowman. 2014. A new chasmosaurine from northern Laramidia expands fill disparity in ceratopsid dinosaurs. Naturwissenchaften 101:505-512 DOI ↗
R. B. Holmes, C. A. Forster, and M. J. Ryan, K. M. Shepherd. 2001. A new species of Chasmosaurus (Dinosauria: Ceratopsia) from the Dinosaur Park Formation of southern Alberta. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 38:1423-1438 DOI ↗