[D] Monoclonius [Si] [Su] [sG]
Describer
Cope, 1876
Time
Cretaceous Late Campanian
Classification
Ornithischia Genasauria Cerapoda Marginocephalia Ceratopia Neoceratopia Ceratopidae Centrosaurinae
Diet
Herbivore
Fossilsite
Canada US
Typespecies
Monoclonius crassus
Info
Genus - Skull - Skin
Monoclonius (Cope, 1876) > Monoclonius crassus (Cope, 1876) >> Monoclonius lowei (Sternberg, 1940)
\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"single sprout (teeth)\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\" Named for the supposed single row of functional teeth in the jaw, replaced from the front, in contrast to the supposed double row of functional teeth in Diclonius, replaced from the back: \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"The teeth in this genus resemble those of Hadrosaurus, and like them, are replaced from the \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'front,\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\' an arrangement with precludes the possibility of more than one series of teeth being functional use at one time.\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"
Diclonius (based only on teeth) and Monoclonius (based on teeth and skeletal material) were described together as hadrosaurs in the same 1876 paper. Monoclonius is currently considered diagnosable, based on its parietal frill (Dodson 1990), and distinct from Centrosaurus.
Cope, 1876
Time
Cretaceous Late Campanian
Classification
Ornithischia Genasauria Cerapoda Marginocephalia Ceratopia Neoceratopia Ceratopidae Centrosaurinae
Diet
Herbivore
Fossilsite
Canada US
Typespecies
Monoclonius crassus
Info
Genus - Skull - Skin
Monoclonius (Cope, 1876) > Monoclonius crassus (Cope, 1876) >> Monoclonius lowei (Sternberg, 1940)
\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"single sprout (teeth)\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\" Named for the supposed single row of functional teeth in the jaw, replaced from the front, in contrast to the supposed double row of functional teeth in Diclonius, replaced from the back: \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"The teeth in this genus resemble those of Hadrosaurus, and like them, are replaced from the \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'front,\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\' an arrangement with precludes the possibility of more than one series of teeth being functional use at one time.\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"
Diclonius (based only on teeth) and Monoclonius (based on teeth and skeletal material) were described together as hadrosaurs in the same 1876 paper. Monoclonius is currently considered diagnosable, based on its parietal frill (Dodson 1990), and distinct from Centrosaurus.