Chasmosaurus
genus of reptiles (fossil)
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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| Genus: | Chasmosaurus Lambe, 1914
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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.
