Centrosaurus
| Centrosaurus Temporal range: Late Cretaceous (Campanian),
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| Skull ROM 767 from Dinosaur Provincial Park | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Clade: | Dinosauria |
| Clade: | †Ornithischia |
| Clade: | †Ceratopsia |
| Family: | †Ceratopsidae |
| Subfamily: | †Centrosaurinae |
| Clade: | †Eucentrosaura |
| Tribe: | †Centrosaurini |
| Genus: | †Centrosaurus Lambe, 1904 |
| Species: | †C. apertus
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| Binomial name | |
| †Centrosaurus apertus Lambe 1904
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| Synonyms | |
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Centrosaurus (/ˌsɛntroʊˈsɔːrəs/ SEN-troh-SOR-əs; lit. 'pointed lizard') is a genus of centrosaurine ceratopsid dinosaur from the Campanian age of the Late Cretaceous of Canada. Its remains have been found in the Dinosaur Park Formation, dating from 76.5 to 75.5 million years ago. The type and only species seen as valid today is Centrosaurus apertus.