Dinosauria
Ornithischia
Cerapoda
Marginocephalia
Ceratopsia
Ceratopsidae
Chasmosaurinae
Pronunciation: kas-mo-sor-uh-nay
Author: Lawrence Lambe
Year: 1915
Meaning: Cleft lizards (see etymology)
Locomotion: Quadrupedal (four legs)
Synonyms: Ceratopsinae (Marsh, 1888)
Author: Lawrence Lambe
Year: 1915
Meaning: Cleft lizards (see etymology)
Locomotion: Quadrupedal (four legs)
Synonyms: Ceratopsinae (Marsh, 1888)
[Sereno, 2005]Definition
The most inclusive clade including Chasmosaurus belli but not Centrosaurus apertus.
About
Previously known as Ceratopsinae.
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Etymology
Chasmosaurinae is derived from the Greek "khasma" (wide opening/chasm/cleft) and "sauros" (lizard), named for the huge openings (fenestrae) in their frills, and their relationship to Chasmosaurus—the cleft lizard.
Relationships
References
• Lambe LM (1915) "On Eoceratops canadensis, gen. nov., with remarks on other genera of Cretaceous horned dinosaurs". Canada Geological Survey Museum Bulletin 12, Geological Series, 24: 1–49.
• Lull RS (1933) "A revision of the Ceratopsia or horned dinosaurs".
• Fowler DW and Freedman Fowler EA (2020) "Transitional evolutionary forms in chasmosaurine ceratopsid dinosaurs: evidence from the Campanian of New Mexico". PeerJ, 8: e9251. DOI: 10.7717/peerj.9251.
