Torosaurus is not Triceratops: ontogeny in chasmosaurine ceratopsids as a case study in dinosaur taxonomy

Citation

Longrich, N. R.; Field, D. J. (2012). Torosaurus is not Triceratops: ontogeny in chasmosaurine ceratopsids as a case study in dinosaur taxonomy. PLoS ONE 7(2): e32623. Public Library of Science (PLoS). doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0032623

Cited by genera

• Tatankaceratops

  Places the holotype in a Triceratops growth series and suggests it may be an aberrant individual of Triceratops prorsus.

• Torosaurus

  Ordered Torosaurus and Triceratops skulls by maturity, found mature and immature individuals of both and no intermediate frills, and concluded Torosaurus is a distinct genus.

• Triceratops

  Argued Torosaurus is distinct from Triceratops, rejecting the synonymy.