Chasmosaurus

genus of reptiles (fossil)
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Chasmosaurus was a rhinoceros-like dinosaur, the order of bird-hipped, herbivorous dinosaurs. It was a member of the suborder Marginocephalia, and the family of large, horned, herding herbivores, the ceratopsians. Chasmosaurus was named by paleontologist Lawrence Lambe in 1914.

Chasmosaurus
Temporal range: late Cretaceous
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Chasmosaurus

Lambe, 1914
Species

C. belli
C. canadensis
C. mariscalensis

Chasmosaurus lived 65 to 100 million years ago and was 5 to 6 metres long with a weight of 3.6 tonnes.

They lived in western North America from Alaska to Mexico.