Ceratopsia
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Ceratopsia is a group of herbivorous, beaked dinosaurs best known for their elaborate facial horns and neck frills, including famous genera like Triceratops.
Statements (61)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
dinosaur clade
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ornithischian dinosaur group ⓘ |
| clade | Marginocephalia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| class | Reptilia ⓘ |
| containsGroup |
basal ceratopsians
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centrosaurines ⓘ chasmosaurines ⓘ coronosaurians ⓘ neoceratopsians ⓘ |
| diet | herbivorous ⓘ |
| distinctiveFeature |
bony neck frill
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facial horns ⓘ jugals often forming cheek horns or flanges ⓘ laterally expanded frill in many derived forms ⓘ parrot-like beak ⓘ rostral bone forming upper beak ⓘ |
| etymology | derived from Greek for “horned faces” ⓘ |
| firstAppearance | Late Jurassic ⓘ |
| fossilRecord |
abundant in Late Cretaceous formations of western North America
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well represented in Cretaceous deposits of Mongolia and China ⓘ |
| frillFunction |
likely used for display
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likely used for species recognition ⓘ |
| geographicDistribution | primarily Asia and North America ⓘ |
| hornFunction | likely used in defense and intraspecific combat ⓘ |
| includesTaxon |
Achelousaurus
NERFINISHED
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Anchiceratops NERFINISHED ⓘ Arrhinoceratops NERFINISHED ⓘ Bagaceratops NERFINISHED ⓘ Centrosaurus NERFINISHED ⓘ Chasmosaurus NERFINISHED ⓘ Diabloceratops NERFINISHED ⓘ Einiosaurus NERFINISHED ⓘ Leptoceratops NERFINISHED ⓘ Monoclonius NERFINISHED ⓘ Montanoceratops NERFINISHED ⓘ Pachyrhinosaurus NERFINISHED ⓘ Protoceratops NERFINISHED ⓘ Psittacosaurus NERFINISHED ⓘ Styracosaurus NERFINISHED ⓘ Torosaurus NERFINISHED ⓘ Triceratops NERFINISHED ⓘ Zuniceratops NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| lastAppearance | end-Cretaceous mass extinction ⓘ |
| locomotion |
bipedal or facultatively bipedal in basal forms
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quadrupedal in most derived taxa ⓘ |
| order | Ornithischia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| reproduction | oviparous ⓘ |
| socialBehavior | evidence for gregarious or herd behavior in several genera ⓘ |
| subdivision |
Ceratopsidae
NERFINISHED
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Chaoyangsauridae NERFINISHED ⓘ Leptoceratopsidae NERFINISHED ⓘ Protoceratopsidae NERFINISHED ⓘ Psittacosauridae ⓘ |
| suborder | Cerapoda NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| superorder | Dinosauria NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| taxonRank | infraorder ⓘ |
| temporalRange | Late Jurassic to end of Cretaceous ⓘ |
| typicalBodySize |
large, rhinoceros- to elephant-sized in derived ceratopsids
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small to medium in basal forms ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
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