Protoceratops
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Protoceratops was a small, herbivorous ceratopsian dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous of Mongolia, notable for its parrot-like beak and distinctive neck frill.
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ceratopsian
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genus of dinosaurs ⓘ ornithischian dinosaur ⓘ |
| bodySize | small ceratopsian ⓘ |
| clade | Dinosauria NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| coexistedWith | Velociraptor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| diet | herbivorous ⓘ |
| estimatedLength | about 1.8 meters ⓘ |
| estimatedMass | about 75 kilograms ⓘ |
| evidence | nests with eggs and juveniles ⓘ |
| family | Protoceratopsidae NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| famousSpecimen | fighting dinosaurs fossil with Velociraptor ⓘ |
| fossilSite |
Bayn Dzak (Flaming Cliffs)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Djadochta Formation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fossilStatus | known from numerous well-preserved skeletons ⓘ |
| geologicalAge | Campanian NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| geologicalPeriod | Late Cretaceous ⓘ |
| hasBodyPart |
battery of cheek teeth
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bony neck frill ⓘ jugals forming cheek horns ⓘ parrot-like beak ⓘ rostral bone ⓘ toothless anterior beak ⓘ |
| hasSpecies |
Protoceratops andrewsi
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Protoceratops hellenikorhinus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| infraorder | Ceratopsia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| livedIn | Mongolia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locomotion | quadrupedal ⓘ |
| namedBy |
Walter W. Granger
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
William King Gregory NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
large skull relative to body size
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variation in frill shape and size ⓘ |
| order | Ornithischia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| paleoenvironment | arid dune and sandstorm environment ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| region | Central Asia ⓘ |
| reproduction | oviparous ⓘ |
| significance |
important for understanding ceratopsian evolution
ⓘ
key example of basal neoceratopsian ⓘ |
| socialBehavior | likely gregarious ⓘ |
| suborder | Cerapoda NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| taxonRank | genus ⓘ |
| temporalRangeEnd | about 72 million years ago ⓘ |
| temporalRangeStart | about 75 million years ago ⓘ |
| typeSpecies | Protoceratops andrewsi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| yearDescribed | 1923 ⓘ |
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