Triceratops prorsus

Triceratops prorsus skull

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: †Triceratops
Species: Triceratops prorsus

Name

• Triceratops prorsus Marsh, 1890
  • Type locality: Laramie Formation, Wyoming, USA.
  • Holotype: YPM 1822

Synonymy

• Triceratops brevicornus Hatcher & Lull, 1905

References

• Marsh, O.C. 1890: Description of new dinosaurian reptiles. The American Journal of Science, series 3 39: 81–86.
• Forster, C.A. 1996: Species resolution in Triceratops: cladistic and morphometric approaches. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 16 (2): 259–270.
• 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