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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Centrosaurinae
Subfamily
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Pachyrhinosaurini
Unranked clade
Fossil sites 21 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
Geological formations
Temporal distribution
Maastrichtian
(72.2–66 Ma)
7
Campanian
(83.6–72.2 Ma)
14
Images 2
Bibliography
Original description
A. R. Fiorillo and R. S. Tykoski. 2012. A new Maastrichtian species of the centrosaurine ceratopsid Pachyrhinosaurus from the North Slope of Alaska. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 57(3):561-573
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