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RUBEOSAURUS
(roo-bee-oh-sore-us)
meaning: "Bramble/thornbush lizard"
Rubeosaurus
Named By: Andrew T. McDonald & John R. Horner in 2010
Time Period: Late Cretaceous, 74.6 Ma
Location: USA, Montana - Two Medicine Formation
Size: Unknown due to lack of remains
Diet: Herbivore
Fossil(s): Partial skull elements of two individuals
Classification: | Chordata | Reptilia | Dinosauria | Ornithischian | Ceratopsia | Ceratopsidae | Centrosaurinae | Pachyrhinosaurini |
Also known as: | Styracosaurus ovatus |
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Rubeosaurus (meaning "bramble or thornbush lizard") is a genus of ceratopsian dinosaur which lived in what is now North America. Rubeosaurus fossils have been recovered from strata of the upper Two Medicine Formation of the Upper Cretaceous of Montana, dating to 74.6 million years ago.

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