Re: Callovosaurus and Diceratops

[Thomas_R_HOLTZ@umail.umd.edu (th81)]

>I saw an article in a magazine recently claiming that close examination of
>the skull of Diceratops showed that it was in fact different from
>Triceratops in lacking the nose horn. Anyone have any info on this? Is it
>now a valid genus?

Catherine Forster has a paper in press which deals with the morass of
Triceratops species morphometrically and phylogenetically.  If the results
are the same as she presented at SVP in 1990, then Diceratops is a valid
genus and the sister taxon to Triceratops.

Thomas R. Holtz, Jr.
Vertebrate Paleontologist
Dept. of Geology
University of Maryland
College Park, MD  20742
Email:Thomas_R_HOLTZ@umail.umd.edu (th81)
Fax: 301-314-9661
Phone:301-405-4084