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Chasmosaurus

Chasmosaurus

Pronunciation:
KAZ-mo-sore-us
Name meaning:
'chasm lizard'
Chasmosaurus
Dinosaur description:
2500kg, 5.0m-long
ceratopsian
ceratopsian silhouette
Diet:
herbivorous herbivorous food icon
Country:
Canada
Period:
Late Cretaceous, 76-74 million years ago
Teeth:
horny beak
How it moved:
on 4 legs
Food:
plant material

Chasmosaurus had a small nose horn, blunt brow horns and a long neck frill with holes.

Taxonomic details

Taxonomy:
Dinosauria, Ornithischia, Genasauria, Cerapoda, Marginocephalia, Ceratopsia, Neoceratopsia, Coronosauria, Ceratopsidae, Chasmosaurinae
Type species:
belli

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