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Coronosaurus

Say it: ko-RO-no-SORE-us

Name means: “crowned lizard”1

Ate: PlantsHorned dinosLate Cretaceous

Coronosaurus was a horned dinosaur that lived in Canada during the Late Cretaceous. It had a big frill on its head with a crown of spiky bones, which made it look very fancy. It walked on four legs and ate plants.1

Lived

84 to 72 million years ago2

Late Cretaceous

Fossils found in

Alberta, Canada1

Food

Plants2

Length

5 m1

estimate

Weight

2 tonnes1

When did it live?

Triassic

Jurassic

Cretaceous

252 million years ago20114566, the asteroid

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How long was it?

How heavy was it?

as heavy as 1.5 cars

as long as 5 dogs nose to tailas long as 28 bananas end to endas heavy as 67 big dogsas heavy as 400 watermelons

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Fun facts

Coronosaurus had a unique crown of spiky bones on its frill, which no other ceratopsian dinosaur had.1

It was originally thought to be a species of Centrosaurus, but scientists later gave it its own name in 2012.1

Its fossils were found in two bone beds in Alberta, Canada, which were discovered by paleontologist Philip Currie.1

Coronosaurus lived about 83 to 72 million years ago, during the Campanian stage of the Late Cretaceous.2

It was a medium-sized ceratopsid, about 5 metres (16 feet) long and weighing around 2 tonnes (2.2 short tons).1

The dinosaur's name comes from the Latin word 'corona', meaning crown, because of the crown-like horns on its frill.1

Coronosaurus shared its home with other dinosaurs like Daspletosaurus, Troodon, and Parasaurolophus.1

AI-made picture of Coronosaurus — An AI-made picture of how Coronosaurus might have looked, made by a computer from what scientists know. It is a guess: the real animal may have looked different, and nobody knows its true colours.

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Most asked questions about Coronosaurus

?How big was Coronosaurus?

About 5 metres (16 feet) long and 2 tonnes (2.2 short tons) in weight. It was a medium sized dinosaur for its kind.1

?What did Coronosaurus eat?

It ate plants. It was a herbivore that walked on four legs and had a beak for cropping vegetation.1 2

?Why did Coronosaurus have a crown of spikes?

Scientists think the crown of spiky bones on its frill was used for display, maybe to attract mates or scare off rivals. It is unique among ceratopsians.1

?Where was Coronosaurus found?

Its fossils were found in two bone beds in Alberta, Canada, in the Oldman Formation. They were discovered by paleontologist Philip Currie.1

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Scientific name: Coronosaurus
Named by: Ryan et al. 20122
Group: Horned dinos
Family / clade: Ceratopsidae2
Classification: Ornithischia > Ceratopsia > Ceratopsidae2
Age of the rocks: 84 to 72 million years (Campanian)2
Rock formations: Oldman2
Countries: Canada2
Fossil records: 2 in the Paleobiology Database2
Discovery: Coronosaurus was first described in 2005 as a species of Centrosaurus, but in 2012 scientists Michael Ryan, David Evans, and Kieran Shepherd gave it its own genus name because of its unique frill horns.1
Still debated: Scientists are still debating exactly how Coronosaurus is related to other horned dinosaurs like Styracosaurus and Centrosaurus.1

Where the facts come from

Coronosaurus (en.wikipedia.org)
Coronosaurus in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): age, places, rock formations, classification.

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