Ceratosaurus

E301381
genus theropod dinosaur

Ceratosaurus was a medium-sized, horned theropod dinosaur known for its prominent nasal horn and blade-like teeth, which lived in what is now North America and Europe.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Ceratosaurus canonical 4
Ceratosaurus nasicornis 2

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf genus ⓘ
theropod dinosaur ⓘ
clade Ceratosauria ⓘ
Neotheropoda ⓘ
class Reptilia ⓘ
coexistedWith Allosaurus ⓘ
Diplodocus ⓘ
Stegosaurus ⓘ
describedBy Othniel Charles Marsh ⓘ
diet carnivorous ⓘ
estimatedLengthInMeters 5–7 ⓘ
estimatedMassInKilograms 500–1000 ⓘ
family Ceratosauria ⓘ
surface form: Ceratosauridae
fossilsFoundIn Cleveland-Lloyd Dinosaur Quarry ⓘ
Europe ⓘ
Morrison Formation ⓘ
North America ⓘ
Tanzania ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
fossilTypeLocality Garden Park, Colorado ⓘ
geologicalAgeInMillionsOfYearsAgo 155–145 ⓘ
hasAnatomicalFeature four-fingered hand ⓘ
lacrimal horns ⓘ
large skull ⓘ
long tail ⓘ
nasal horn core ⓘ
short but deep snout ⓘ
holotypeRepository Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History ⓘ
kingdom Animalia ⓘ
lifestyle terrestrial ⓘ
livedDuring Kimmeridgian stage ⓘ
surface form: Kimmeridgian

Late Jurassic ⓘ
Tithonian ⓘ
locomotion bipedal ⓘ
nameLanguageOfOrigin Greek ⓘ
nameMeaning horned lizard ⓘ
notableFeature blade-like teeth ⓘ
dermal armor along back ⓘ
prominent nasal horn ⓘ
order Saurischia ⓘ
phylum Chordata ⓘ
reproduction oviparous ⓘ
suborder Theropoda ⓘ
superorder Dinosauria ⓘ
taxonRank genus ⓘ
trophicLevel predator ⓘ
typeSpecies Ceratosaurus self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Ceratosaurus nasicornis
yearDescribed 1884 ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Late Jurassic → notableTaxon → Ceratosaurus ⓘ
Theropoda → includes → Ceratosaurus ⓘ
Cleveland-Lloyd Dinosaur Quarry → notableTaxon → Ceratosaurus ⓘ
Ceratosaurus → typeSpecies → Ceratosaurus self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ceratosaurus nasicornis
Ceratosauria → typeGenus → Ceratosaurus ⓘ
Ceratosauria → notableMember → Ceratosaurus ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ceratosaurus nasicornis