Ceratops

Ceratops

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Ceratopsoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Archosauromorpha Cladus: Crurotarsi Divisio: Archosauria Cladus: Avemetatarsalia Cladus: Ornithodira Subtaxon: Dinosauromorpha Cladus: Dinosauriformes Cladus: Dracohors Cladus: Dinosauria Ordo: †Ornithischia Cladus: †Genasauria Cladus: †Neornithischia Cladus: †Cerapoda Cladus: †Marginocephalia Subordo: †Ceratopsia Cladus: †Neoceratopsia Superfamilia: †Ceratopsoidea

Familia: †Ceratopsidae
Subfamillia: †Chasmosaurinae
Tribus: †Triceratopsini
Genus: Ceratops
Species (7): C. horridus – C. montanus – C. alticornis – C. belli – C. Canadensis – C. paucidens – C. recurvicornis

Name

Ceratops Marsh, 1888 nom. dub.

Etymology: medieval Greek κέρατον, "horn face"

Synonyms

• Proceratops Lull, 1906

References

• Marsh, O.C. 1888. A new family of horned Dinosauria, from the Cretaceous. The American Journal of Science, series 3 36: 477–478. Reference page. 
• Lull, R.S. 1906. A new name for the dinosaurian genus Ceratops. The American Journal of Science, series 4 21: 144. Reference page.