A Guide to the Dinosaurs of Colorado


On Dinosaur Classification

On Scientific Names

The Basics of Taxonomy

An Introduction to Cladistcs

Taxonomy of the Dinosaurs of Colorado

Cladogram of the Dinosaurs of Colorado

About the Dinosaurs of Colorado

Geological
Time Chart


   

Genus Ceratosaurus

Taxonomy: Recognized Species
Class Dinosauria
  Subclass Theropodia
    Order Ceratosauria
      Family Ceratosauridae
C. nasicornis Marsh, 1884
  Colorado and Utah, United States

Species in Colorado: Ceratosaurus nasicornis

Size: Where found:
Up to 20 feet
6 meters
Morrison Formation of Utah and Colorado
(Mesa and Fremont Counties in CO.)

Period: Age:
Late Jurassic Kimmeridgian - Tithonian
  144 to 156 Ma.

Material Found
Nearly complete skeleton, at least 5 individuals.


Information compiled by Donald L. Blanchard


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