Genus: Judiceratops LONGRICH, 2013
Etymology: In reference to the Judith River Formation, Greek, ceras, "horn,"
and Greek, ops, "face."
Species: tigris LONGRICH, 2013
Etymology: The species name referes
to the tiger, mascot of Princeton University, in honor of the past efforts of
Princeton University in Field Paleontology.
Holotype: YPM VPPU 022404
Locality: In the vicinity of Kennedy Coulee (also known as Canadian Creek), 26 miles north of Rudyard, T37N, R9E, S30Q, NW SW, near the Canada-USA border, Hill County, Montana.
Horizon: Judith River Formation.
Biostratigraphy:
Age: Campanian Stage, Senonian subepoch, Upper Gulf epoch, Late Cretaceous.
Material: Partial skull including postorbital horns, parts of the frontals, and lacrimals, parts of right squamosal and parietals, occipital condyles and parts of supraocciptial.
Judiceratops tigris (modified from LONGRICH, 2013), Holotype: YPM VPPU 022404.
Referred material:
Locality: Super Coulee, Canadian Creek, 1/2 mile south of Schwan Place (house), near the Canada-USA border, Hill County, Montana.
Horizon: Judith River Formation.
Biostratigraphy:
Age: Campanian Stage, Senonian subepoch, Upper Gulf epoch, Late Cretaceous.
Material:
YPM VPPU 023262: Midline bar of parietal, left squamosal, tips of postorbital horns, and lacrimal.