Species
Valid Extinct

Pachyrhinosaurus canadensis

Sternberg 1950

No Wikipedia summary available.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
6
Group
Dinosaures
Herbivore Ground dwelling Terrestrial
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PBDB ↗
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
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Pachyrhinosaurus Genus
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Pachyrhinosaurus canadensis Species
Fossil sites 6 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇨🇦 Canada
6
Geological formations
St. Mary River
4
Horseshoe Canyon
2
Temporal distribution
Maastrichtian (72.2–66 Ma)
1
Campanian (83.6–72.2 Ma)
5
Bibliography
Original description
C. M. Sternberg. 1950. Pachyrhinosaurus canadensis, representing a new family of the Ceratopsia, from southern Alberta. National Museum of Canada Bulletin 118:109-120 DOI ↗
Bibliography (4)
D. C. Evans, D. A. Eberth, and M. J. Ryan. 2015. Hadrosaurid (Edmontosaurus) bonebeds from the Horseshoe Canyon Formation (Horsethief Member) at Drumheller, Alberta, Canada: geology, preliminary taphonomy, and significance. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 52:642-654 DOI ↗
W. Langston. 1975. The ceratopsian dinosaurs and associated lower vertebrates from the St. Mary River Formation (Maestrichtian) at Scabby Butte, southern Alberta. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 12:1576-1608 DOI ↗
W. Langston. 1968. A further note on Pachyrinosaurus (Reptilia: Ceratopsia). Journal of Paleontology 42(5):1303-1304
C. M. Sternberg. 1950. Pachyrhinosaurus canadensis, representing a new family of the Ceratopsia, from southern Alberta. National Museum of Canada Bulletin 118:109-120 DOI ↗