Talk:Chasmosaurus

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[edit] Eoceratops

I'd like to put up an Eoceratops page, but the name redirects to this one. However, this article has no mention of Eoceratops. Shouldn't there be something on this page if there's a redirect? How do I cancel a redirect to set up a new page? CFLeon 22:02, 15 May 2006 (UTC)

Eoceratops is a synonym of Chasmosaurus, so I'd recommend adding a section here discussing this and other synonymous genera.Dinoguy2 23:25, 15 May 2006 (UTC)
Umm, a page discussing Lambe's concept of Eoceratopsinae and his classification later revised by Lehman maybe worthwhile. I stuck in a mini-reference so the genus at least appears on this page anyway. Cas Liber 21:17, 25 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Stance

Here's a new development, by Stefan Thompson and Robert Holmes in Palaeontographica Electronica: [1]

It's nominally about C. irvinensis, but it has implications for all horned dinosaurs. They favor a half-sprawl, something not entirely unlike Bakker's "semi-erect" crocodiles. Kind of a crouch, really. J. Spencer 19:19, 4 April 2007 (UTC)

Good to know, as I've been reworking Styracosaurus of late. Firsfron of Ronchester 19:40, 4 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Another species?

I have a personal record of another species, C. kaiseni. Can anyone else verify this?Ninjatacoshell 19:24, 12 April 2007 (UTC)

According to this site,C. kaiseni named by Brown (1933) is a skull (AMNH 5401) and is now considered a synonym of C. belli. ArthurWeasley 20:33, 12 April 2007 (UTC)

According to http://paleodb.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?action=checkTaxonInfo&taxon_no=63914, Chasmosaurus canadensis (Lambe, 1902) is a junior synonym of C. belli (Lambe, 1902). There are currently three species of Chasmosaurus: C. belli (Lambe, 1902), C. russelli C.M. Sternberg, 1940, and C. irvinensis Holmes, Forster, Ryan & Shepard, 2001. 72.194.116.63 17:43, 29 April 2007 (UTC) Vahe Demirjian 10.43 29 April 2007

[edit] Horns

At the Museum Of Nature in Ottawa, Canada there are several model Chasmosauruses irvinensis shown without horns over their eyes, and plaque which reads "Unlike its larger cousin Triceratops, Chasmosaurus had only a single horn on its snout". This article describes only three-horned ones. Are there sub-species? Unregistered User, Kie, 22.15 30 April, 2007 (UTC)

It's a line that needs to be adjusted, and we haven't gotten to it yet. Chasmosaurus has quite a bit of variety in horn length, incidentally. J. Spencer 00:19, 1 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] In popular culture

In a Calvin and Hobbes comic, Chasmosaurus was depicted as the main prey for tyrannosaurs in F-14 fighter jets.

Chasmosaurus appeared in When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth.

Chasmosaurus was also featured as the only aggressive herbivore in the Carnivores 2 hunting game, but was more similar to Triceratops.

Chasmosaurus was also a mecha in the Super Sentai series Bakuryuu Sentai Abaranger and a zord in its American counterpart Power Rangers: Dino Thunder.

A baby Chasmosaurus named "26" appeared in the TV series based on James Gurney's Dinotopia books.

Chasmosaurus was seen in Prehisteria.

Removed from article as trivia and cameos. J. Spencer 21:27, 12 November 2007 (UTC)