Long-horned Ceratopsidae from the Foremost Formation (Campanian) of southern Alberta
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Long-horned Ceratopsidae from the Foremost Formation (Campanian) of southern Alberta
The horned Ceratopsidae represent one of the last radiations of dinosaurs, and despite a decade of intense work greatly adding to our understanding of this diversification, their early evolution is still poorly known. Here, two postorbital horncores from the upper Foremost Formation (Campanian) of Alberta are described, and at ∼78.5 Ma represent some of the geologically oldest ceratopsid materi...
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عنوان ژورنال: PeerJ
سال: 2018
ISSN: 2167-8359
DOI: 10.7717/peerj.4265