How to translate text using browser tools
1 April 2013 Judiceratops tigris, a New Horned Dinosaur from the Middle Campanian Judith River Formation of Montana
Nicholas R. Longrich
Author Affiliations +
Abstract

North America hosted a diverse assemblage of horned dinosaurs from the late Campanian until the end of the Cretaceous, but comparatively little is known about earlier horned dinosaurs. This paper reports on previously undescribed ceratopsian remains from the middle Campanian beds of the Judith River Formation of Montana, which represent the oldest known chasmosaurine. The Judith River chasmosaur shows a combination of characters not seen in any previously described ceratopsid. The parietal has a broad median bar, a rounded caudal margin, and highly reduced epiparietals. Episquamosals are enlarged anteriorly but decrease in size posteriorly, and imbricate as in centrosaurines. The postorbital horns are moderately elongate, inclined anterolaterally, and have an unusual teardrop-shaped cross section. The unique combination of characters seen in the Judith River chasmosaurine precludes referral to any previously known genus, and it is therefore described as a new genus and species, Judiceratops tigris. The addition of Judiceratops to the dinosaurian fauna of North America underscores the diversity of horned dinosaurs in the Late Cretaceous, which results from a combination of high diversity within faunas, a high degree of endemism, and rapid faunal turnover.

© 2013 Peabody Museum of Natural History, Yale University. All rights reserved. • http://peabody.yale.edu
Nicholas R. Longrich "Judiceratops tigris, a New Horned Dinosaur from the Middle Campanian Judith River Formation of Montana," Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History 54(1), 51-65, (1 April 2013). https://doi.org/10.3374/014.054.0103
Received: 22 October 2012; Accepted: 1 January 2013; Published: 1 April 2013
KEYWORDS
Campanian
Ceratopsia
Ceratopsidae
Chasmosaurinae
Cretaceous
Dinosauria
Judith River Formation
RIGHTS & PERMISSIONS
Get copyright permission
Back to Top