DinoDex

Holotype

USNM 4735

Ceratosaurus nasicornis

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Facts

Catalog number
USNM 4735
Institution
National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution (USNM)
Year found
1883
Found by
Marshall P. Felch
Locality
Felch Quarry, Garden Park, near Cañon City, Colorado
Formation
Morrison Formation

Images

The Ceratosaurus nasicornis holotype USNM 4735, displayed as a wall mount at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History.Image credit: José Maria Silveira Neto from Fortaleza, Brazil, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (unmodified except resizing), Smithsonian National Museum of Natural HistoryCC BY-SA 2.0 (unmodified)Source (opens in a new tab)

What this specimen preserves

Holotype: USNM 4735

  • Preserved
  • Partial
  • Reconstructed
  • Unknown / not recorded
Region by region (table)
Skeleton regions of Holotype: USNM 4735
RegionState
SkullPreserved · With the nasal horn.
MandibleUnknown / not recorded
TeethUnknown / not recorded
Cervical vertebraeUnknown / not recorded
Dorsal vertebraeUnknown / not recorded
SacrumUnknown / not recorded
Caudal vertebraeUnknown / not recorded
RibsUnknown / not recorded
GastraliaUnknown / not recorded
Scapula / shoulder girdleUnknown / not recorded
HumerusUnknown / not recorded
Forearm (radius / ulna)Unknown / not recorded
Hand (manus)Unknown / not recorded
PelvisUnknown / not recorded
FemurUnknown / not recorded
Tibia / fibulaUnknown / not recorded
Foot (pes)Unknown / not recorded

Excavation history

Excavated in 1883-1884 by Felch for O. C. Marsh; described by Marsh (1884) and redescribed by Gilmore (1920).

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