Project 5213: S. D. Sampson, A. Stepanova, M. A. Loewen, A. A. Farke, E. M. Roberts, C. A. Forster, J. A. Smith, A. L. Titus. 2010. New Horned Dinosaurs from Utah Provide Evidence for Intracontinental Dinosaur Endemism. PLOS ONE. 5 (9):e12292.
Abstract
During much of the Late Cretaceous, a shallow, epeiric sea divided North America into eastern and western landmasses. The western landmass, known as Laramidia, although diminutive in size, witnessed a major evolutionary radiation of dinosaurs. Other than hadrosaurs (duck-billed dinosaurs), the most common dinosaurs were ceratopsids (large-bodied horned dinosaurs), currently known only from Laramidia and Asia. Remarkably, previous studies have postulated the occurrence of latitudinally arrayed dinosaur "provinces," or "biomes," on Laramidia. Yet this hypothesis has been challenged on multiple fronts and has remained poorly tested. Methodology/principal findings: Here we describe two new, co-occurring ceratopsids from the Upper Cretaceous Kaiparowits Formation of Utah that provide the strongest support to date for the dinosaur provincialism hypothesis. Both pertain to the clade of ceratopsids known as Chasmosaurinae, dramatically increasing representation of this group from the southern portion of the Western Interior Basin of North America. Utahceratops gettyi gen. et sp. nov.-characterized by short, rounded, laterally projecting supraorbital horncores and an elongate frill with a deep median embayment-is recovered as the sister taxon to Pentaceratops sternbergii from the late Campanian of New Mexico. Kosmoceratops richardsoni gen. et sp. nov.-characterized by elongate, laterally projecting supraorbital horncores and a short, broad frill adorned with ten well developed hooks-has the most ornate skull of any known dinosaur and is closely allied to Chasmosaurus irvinensis from the late Campanian of Alberta. Conclusions/significance: Considered in unison, the phylogenetic, stratigraphic, and biogeographic evidence documents distinct, co-occurring chasmosaurine taxa north and south on the diminutive landmass of Laramidia. The famous Triceratops and all other, more nested chasmosaurines are postulated as descendants of forms previously restricted to the southern portion of Laramidia. Results further suggest the presence of latitudinally arrayed evolutionary centers of endemism within chasmosaurine ceratopsids during the late Campanian, the first documented occurrence of intracontinental endemism within dinosaurs.Read the article »
Article DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0012292
Project DOI: 10.7934/P5213, http://dx.doi.org/10.7934/P5213
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Authors' Institutions
- The George Washington University
- University of Utah
- Natural History Museum of Utah
- Raymond Alf Museum of Paleontology (The Webb Schools)
- James Cook University
- Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument
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Shreya Jariwala Project Administrator | 25 | 5 | 5 | 148 | 0 | 0 | 2576 (2576, 0, 0) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Taxonomic Overview for Matrix 'M29792' (25 Taxa)
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[1] † Leptoceratops gracilis Taxon name last Modified on 04/21/24 | 54 | 94 | 94 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
[2] † Protoceratops andrewsi Taxon name last Modified on 04/21/24 | 38 | 110 | 110 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
[3] † Zuniceratops christopheri Taxon name last Modified on 04/21/24 | 79 | 69 | 69 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
[4] † Turanoceratops tardabilis Taxon name last Modified on 04/21/24 | 128 | 20 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
[5] † Albertaceratops nesmoi Taxon name last Modified on 04/21/24 | 57 | 91 | 91 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
[6] † Centrosaurus apertus Taxon name last Modified on 04/21/24 | 8 | 140 | 140 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
[7] † Pachyrhinosaurus lakustai Taxon name last Modified on 04/21/24 | 28 | 120 | 120 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
[8] † Chasmosaurus belli Taxon name last Modified on 04/21/24 | 3 | 145 | 145 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
[9] † Chasmosaurus russelli Taxon name last Modified on 04/21/24 | 6 | 142 | 142 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
[10] † Mojoceratops perifania Taxon name last Modified on 04/21/24 | 47 | 101 | 101 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
[11] † Vagaceratops irvinensis Taxon name last Modified on 04/21/24 | 22 | 126 | 126 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
[12] † Kosmoceratops richardsoni Taxon name last Modified on 04/21/24 | 33 | 116 | 115 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
[13] † Agujaceratops mariscalensis Taxon name last Modified on 04/21/24 | 35 | 113 | 113 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
[14] † Utahceratops gettyi Taxon name last Modified on 04/21/24 | 21 | 127 | 127 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
[15] † Pentaceratops sternbergii Taxon name last Modified on 04/21/24 | 5 | 143 | 143 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
[16] † Coahuilaceratops magnacuerna Taxon name last Modified on 04/21/24 | 95 | 53 | 53 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
[17] † Anchiceratops ornatus Taxon name last Modified on 04/21/24 | 22 | 126 | 126 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
[18] † Arrhinoceratops brachyops Taxon name last Modified on 04/21/24 | 45 | 103 | 103 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
[19] † Ojoceratops fowleri Taxon name last Modified on 04/21/24 | 94 | 54 | 54 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
[20] † Torosaurus latus Taxon name last Modified on 04/21/24 | 38 | 113 | 110 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
[21] † Torosaurus utahensis Taxon name last Modified on 04/21/24 | 73 | 75 | 75 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
[22] † Eotriceratops xerinsularis Taxon name last Modified on 04/21/24 | 94 | 54 | 54 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
[23] † Nedoceratops hatcheri Taxon name last Modified on 04/21/24 | 69 | 79 | 79 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
[24] † Triceratops horridus Taxon name last Modified on 04/21/24 | 9 | 139 | 139 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
[25] † Triceratops prorsus Taxon name last Modified on 04/21/24 | 25 | 123 | 123 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Project downloads
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Total downloads from project | 5 | |
Matrix downloads | 1 | Sampson et al 2010 (1 download); |
Project downloads | 3 | |
Media downloads | 1 | M903433 (1 download); |