Claorhynchus
| Claorhynchus Temporal range: Late Cretaceous, | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Dinosauria |
| Clade: | †Ornithischia |
| Genus: | †Claorhynchus Cope, 1892 |
| Species: | †C. trihedrus |
| Binomial name | |
| †Claorhynchus trihedrus Cope, 1892 | |
Claorhynchus (meaning "broken beak", as it is based on broken bones from the snout region) is a dubious genus of cerapodan dinosaur with a confusing history behind it. It has been considered to be both a hadrosaurid and a ceratopsid, sometimes the same as Triceratops, with two different assignments as to discovery formation and location, and what bones make up its type remains.