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EINIOSAURUS
(ay-nee-o-sore-us)
meaning: "Buffalo lizard"
Einiosaurus
Named By: Scott Sampson in 1995
Time Period: Upper Cretaceous, 74.5-74 Ma
Location: USA, Montana - Two Medicine Formation
Size: About 4.5 meters long
Diet: Herbivore
Fossil(s): 3 skulls and several hundred bones from at least 15 individuals
Classification: | Chordata | Reptilia | Dinosauria | Ornithischia | Ceratopsia | Ceratopsidae | Centrosaurinae | Pachyrhinosaurini |
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Einiosaurus is a medium-sized herbivorous centrosaurine ceratopsian dinosaur from the Upper Cretaceous (Campanian stage) of northwestern Montana. The name means 'buffalo lizard', in a combination of Blackfeet Indian eini and Latinized Ancient Greek sauros; the specific name (procurvicornis) means 'with a forward-curving horn' in Latin.

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