Torosaurus latus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Ceratopsoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Archosauromorpha Cladus: Crurotarsi Cladus: Archosauria Cladus: Avemetatarsalia Cladus: Ornithodira Cladus: Dinosauromorpha Cladus: Dinosauriformes Cladus: Dracohors Cladus: Dinosauria Ordo: †Ornithischia Cladus: †Genasauria Cladus: †Neornithischia Cladus: †Cerapoda Cladus: †Marginocephalia Subordo: †Ceratopsia Cladus: †Neoceratopsia Superfamilia: †Ceratopsoidea

Familia: †Ceratopsidae
Subfamillia: †Chasmosaurinae
Genus: Torosaurus
Species: Torosaurus latus

Name

• Torosaurus latus Marsh, 1891

Type locality: Lance Formation, Niobrara County, Wyoming, USA.
Holotype: YPM 1830

Synonymy

• Torosaurus gladius Marsh, 1891

References

• Marsh, O.C. 1891: Notice of new vertebrate fossils. The American Journal of Science, series 3 42: 265–269.
• Hunt, R.K. & Lehman, T.M. 2008: Attributes of the ceratopsian dinosaur Torosaurus, and new material from the Javelina Formation (Maastrichtian) of Texas. Journal of Paleontology 82 (6): 1127–1138.
• Scannella, J. & Horner, J.R. 2010: Torosaurus Marsh, 1891, is Triceratops Marsh, 1889 (Ceratopsidae: Chasmosaurinae): synonymy through ontogeny. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 30 (4): 1157 - 1168. DOI: 10.1080/02724634.2010.483632