Centrosaurus
| Centrosaurus Temporal range:Upper Cretaceous
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| Genus: | Centrosaurus Lambe, 1904
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Centrosaurusis agenusofherbivorousceratopsiandinosaursfrom theUpper CretaceousofCanada.Their remains have been found in theDinosaur Park Formation,dating from 76.5 to 75.5 million years ago.[1]
Centrosauruswas first discovered near theRed Deer RiverinAlberta.Vast bonebeds ofCentrosauruswere found inDinosaur Provincial Park,also inAlberta.Some of these beds are hundreds of meters long and contain thousands of individuals of all ages and all levels of completion.[2]
This would be explained if they had died while trying to cross a flooded river. A discovery of thousands ofCentrosaurusfossils near the town ofHilda,Alberta,is believed to be the largest bed of dinosaur bones ever discovered. The area is now known as theHilda mega-bonebed.[3]
The genusCentrosaurusis now understood to include the fossils which used to be classified asMonoclonius.
References
[change|change source]- ↑Arbour V.M.; Burns, M. E.; Sissons, R. L. (2009). "A redescription of the ankylosaurid dinosaurDyoplosaurus acutosquameusParks, 1924 (Ornithischia: Ankylosauria) and a revision of the genus ".Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology.29(4): 1117–1135.doi:10.1671/039.029.0405.S2CID85665879.
- ↑Centrosaurus,in: Dodson, Peter; Britt, Brooks; Carpenter, Kenneth; Forster, Catherine A; Gillette, David D; Norell, Mark A; Olshevsky, George; Parrish J. Michael & Weishampel, David B.The Age of Dinosaurs.Publications International, p135.ISBN 0-7853-0443-6
- ↑Scientists find dino deathbed, signs of carnage. Edmonton Sun.http://www.edmontonsun.com/news/canada/2010/06/18/14439211.htmlArchived2010-06-22 at theWayback Machineretrieved 18 06 2010