PRONUNCIATION: |
KAZ-muh-SAWR-us |
TRANSLATION: |
Cleft Lizard |
ALSO KNOWN AS: |
n/a |
DESCRIPTION: |
Herbivore, Quadrupedal |
ORDER: |
Ornithischia |
SUBORDER: |
Marginocephalia |
INFRAORDER: |
Ceratopsia |
MICRO-ORDER: |
Neoceratopsia |
SUPERFAMILY: |
n/a |
FAMILY: |
Ceratopsidae |
HEIGHT: |
8 feet (2.4 meters) |
LENGTH: |
17 feet (5.2 meters) |
WEIGHT: |
3,000 lbs (1,361 kg) |
PERIOD: |
Late Cretaceous |
NOTES: |
Chasmosaurus is one of the best known ceratopsians, because many more specimens have been discovered since the first remains were found in Alberta, Canada in 1901. Chasmosaurus had a small horn on its nose and two upward- curving horns on its brow. Its impressive frill is fairly fragile, making it relatively ineffective as a defense. It may have been used for intimidation. |
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