Late Cretaceous dinosaurs from the Denver Basin, Colorado
Author
Kenneth Carpenter
Department of Earth Sciences, Denver Museum of Nature & Science, 2001 Colorado Boulevard, Denver, CO 80205, U. S. A.
Author
D. Bruce Young
Department of Earth Sciences, Denver Museum of Nature & Science, 2001 Colorado Boulevard, Denver, CO 80205, U. S. A.
text
Rocky Mountain Geology
2002
37
237
254
journal article
10.2113/gsrocky.37.2.237
41bd81a8-8d16-41cb-950f-8fab1660f845
3943081
Family
CERATOPSIDAE
Three genera of neoceratopsians are known from the Maastrichtian of the Western Interior:
Triceratops
,
Diceratops
,
and
Torosaurus
(
Forster
, 1996
; however, see
Lehman, 1987
). In addition,
Triceratops
is represented by two species:
T. horridus
and
T. porosus
.
Unfortunately, the differences between all the taxa are best expressed in the skulls, making it difficult, and in many instances impossible, to identify isolated elements from the Denver Basin to even the generic level. A few notable specimens are described below.