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New data on the ceratopsian dinosaur Pentaceratops sternbergii Osborn from New Mexico

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 May 2016

Thomas M. Lehman
Thomas M. Lehman*
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Department of Geosciences, Texas Tech University, Lubbock 79409
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Abstract

Several heretofore undescribed fragmentary specimens of the horned dinosaur Pentaceratops sternbergii (Ornithischia: Ceratopsia) reveal previously unknown features of the skull and extend the known range of morphological variation in this species. Pentaceratops sternbergii possesses a well-developed postfrontal fontanelle and a braincase structure similar to that of other chasmosaurines. The posterior parietal margin bears a pair of upturned epoccipitals on either side of the midline, similar to the short hook-like processes in Anchiceratops. The stratigraphic range of Pentaceratops spans the Late Campanian to Early Maastrichtian but, contrary to previous reports, cannot reliably be extended into the Late Maastrichtian.

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Journal of Paleontology , Volume 67 , Issue 2 , March 1993 , pp. 279 - 288
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