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subfamily · 13 represented species

Centrosaurinae

Centrosaurinae is a ceratopsid lineage whose members generally had shorter frills and elaborate nasal horns, bosses or frill ornaments.

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Centrosaurinae

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Representative silhouette for Centrosaurinae
13Direct child groups
3Countries represented
81.42–71.5 MaDataset range

Branch structure

Direct branches in this dataset

genus

Pachyrhinosaurus

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Centrosaurus

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Einiosaurus

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Nasutoceratops

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Diabloceratops

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Rubeosaurus

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Monoclonius

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Achelousaurus

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Albertaceratops

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Wendiceratops

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Sinoceratops

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Avaceratops

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Coronosaurus

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Representative taxa

Dinosaurs in this branch

Side-view life reconstruction of Pachyrhinosaurus canadensisArt by Connor Ashbridge · CC BY 4.0

Cretaceous

Pachyrhinosaurus canadensis

A large Canadian centrosaurine whose nose carried a broad roughened boss instead of a conventional horn, known from multiple partial skulls and regional bonebeds.

herbivore~6 m
Life reconstruction of Centrosaurus apertus by Fred WierumArt by Fred Wierum · CC BY-SA 4.0

Cretaceous

Centrosaurus apertus

A short-frilled horned dinosaur from Alberta, famous for its long nasal horn, hooked frill ornaments and enormous mass-death bonebeds.

herbivore~5.5 m
Full-body side-view life reconstruction of Einiosaurus procurvicornisArt by Connor Ashbridge · CC BY 4.0

Cretaceous

Einiosaurus procurvicornis

A centrosaurine from Montana known from two multi-individual bonebeds, with a strongly forward-curving nasal horn and paired spikes on its frill.

herbivore~4.5 m
Full-body side-view life reconstruction of Nasutoceratops titusiArt by Olmagon · CC BY-SA 4.0

Cretaceous

Nasutoceratops titusi

A Utah centrosaurine with an oversized nose, remarkably long forward-curving brow horns and a comparatively simple rounded frill.

herbivore~4.5 m
Full-body side-view life reconstruction of Diabloceratops eatoniArt by TotalDino · CC BY-SA 4.0

Cretaceous

Diabloceratops eatoni

An early centrosaurine from Utah known from a remarkably complete skull with long brow horns and a pair of towering, curved frill spikes.

herbivore~4.5 m
Historical full-body life reconstruction labelled Rubeosaurus ovatusArt by Nobu Tamura · CC BY-SA 3.0

Cretaceous

Rubeosaurus ovatus

A disputed name for a partial centrosaurine frill from Montana, variously treated as Rubeosaurus, a second Styracosaurus species or Styracosaurus albertensis.

herbivore~5.5 m

Distribution

Geographic record

Canada · United States · China

Country-level summary of represented seed records, not a complete range map.

Sources

Further reading

Introduction to the DinosauriaDinosaur Paleobiology