Genus: Mercuriceratops RYAN, EVANS, CURRIE & LOEWEN, 2014
Etymology: In reference to winged helmet of the Roman messenger god Mercury,
and Greek, ceratops, "horned face", a common suffix for genera of ceratopsid
dinosaurs.
Species:
gemini RYAN,
EVANS,
CURRIE & LOEWEN,
2014
Etymology: Gemini, from mythology, the twins Castor and Pollux were transformed
into the constellation Gemini, referrng to the twin specimens from Alberta and
Montana.
Holotype: ROM 64222
Locality: Fergus County, SW 1/4 Sec 9, T22N R21E, Montana. (detailed locality data on file at the Royal Ontarior Museum).
Horizon: Judith River Formation.
Biostratigraphy:
Age: Judithian age, Campanian Stage, Senonian subepoch, Upper Gulf epoch, Late Cretaceous.
Material: An almost complete right squamosal.
Mercuriceratops gemini (after RYAN, EVANS, CURRIE & LOEWEN, 2014), Holotype: ROM 64222.
Referred material:
Locality: North side of the Red Deer River, approximately 1 km east of 'Happy Jack's Cabin', 12 U0471467, 5624176, Dinosaur Provincial Park, Newell County, Alberta Province, Canada.
Horizon: Lower Dinosaur Park Formation (approximately 2 m above the contact with the Oldman Formation), upper Judith River Group.
Biostratigraphy:
Age: Judithian age, Middle Campanian Stage, middle Senonian subepoch, upper Gulf Epoch, Late Cretaceous.
Material:
UALVP 54559: Incomplete right squamosal.