Dinosaur
Chasmosaurus
The two species mentioned come from different layers of the Dinosaur Park Formation, in Alberta.
Chasmosaurus’ name points to the large openings in its neck frill, rather than just its horns.
Three stages. One companion.
Game artwork
AI-generated, stylized game illustrations. These designs and growth stages are imaginative, not scientific reconstructions.
Chasmosaurus at a glance
- Diet
- Herbivore
- A plant-based diet is inferred from its anatomy and comparisons with related animals; not all herbivores ate the same plants.
- When it lived
- Cretaceous
- Group
- Ceratopsidae
- Ceratopsids
- Fossil locations
- Alberta
- Places where fossils have been found
Beyond the game
The real Chasmosaurus
Its name refers to the large openings in its neck frill. At about four to five meters long, it was smaller than Triceratops.
The two species mentioned come from different layers of the Dinosaur Park Formation, in Alberta. Comparing fossils from different layers allows us to locate species in time. The same geological formation can contain animals that did not live at exactly the same time.
This family includes large dinosaurs with beaks, frills, and horns or bony bumps. These structures help distinguish lineages, but their shape alone cannot establish each species’ behavior.
Fossil discoveries
Selected fossil records · present-day map
Map references
Map: Natural Earth, public domain. Fossil records: linked collections and publications.Sources & text credits
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- Chasmosaurus
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- Ceratopsidae
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