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Stegoceras Lambe, 1902 sp.

 

Remarks

  • Here's a pachycephalosaurid replica from Robert Sheridan's collection.

 

General Info

 

Synonyms (a few reports from the literature)

  • 1918 Stegoceras validum Lambe
  • 1918 Stegoceras breve Lambe
  • 1943 Troodon sternbergi Brown and Schlaikjer
  • 1943 Stegoceras edmontonensis Brown and Schlaikjer
  • 1945 Stegoceras lambei Sternberg
  • 1991 Stegoceras spp.; Weishampel, Dodson, and Osmólska

 

Stratigraphic Occurrence

  • Edmonton Group, Scollard Formation of Canada
  • Edmonton Group, Horseshoe Canyon Formation of Canada
  • Belly River Group, Judith River Formation of Canada and Montana

 

Age

  • The genus Stegoceras ranges from the late Campanian Stage to the late Maastrichtian Stage.

 

Geographic Occurrence (not an all-inclusive list)

  • Alberta, Canada
  • Montana (county ?)

 

Remarks

       For more information on Velociraptor mongoliensis, see:

  • Carroll, R. L.  1988.  Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution.  New York:  W. H. Freeman and Company.
  • Lessem, D.; Glut, D. F.  1993.  Dinosaur Encyclopedia.  New York:  Random House.
  • Weishampel, D. B.; Dodson, P.; Osmólska, H., eds.  1990.  The Dinosauria.  Berkeley:  University of California Press (several chapters).

 

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