Fourth note on the Dinosauria of the Laramie.
Author
E. D. Cope.
text
The American Naturalist
1892
1892-09-30
26
756
758
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.1037499
edaefd1e-b9e7-4502-98fb-776efdefa37f
1037499
Claorhynchus trihedrus
.—Gen.
et
. sp. nov.
Char. Gen.—
This genus is established on a
rostral and
predentary
bones
of a species of the Agathaumidae, which were found together and with the fragments of a massive supratemporal
bone
. They are distinguished by their absolutely flat inferior faces, there being no alveolar ridges as in the forms described by
Marsh
. They are not compressed but are as wide as long. They are not adapted to the muzzle of Monoclonius, where the
rostral bone is
compressed. (
M. sphenocerus.
)
Char. specif.—
Rostral and
predentary
bones as wide as long, with flat inferior face and rounded superior median angle. Transverse diameter
rather
exceeding
the
vertical.
Sides convex
. All
the
surfaces furrowed
by
coarse grooves which terminate
in
foramina.
The
short
wide form of this species differs from
that seen in the
species of
the
family Agathaumidae which
have been
yet described. The extremity of the beak had apparently a horny sheath and was adapted for crushing comparatively hard substances.