Breviceratops
Name:
Breviceratops
(Short horn face).
Phonetic: Brev-e-seh-rah-tops.
Named By: Kurzanov - 1990.
Synonyms: Protoceratops kozlowskii.
Classification: Chordata, Reptilia, Dinosauria,
Ornithischia, Cerapoda, Ceratopsia.
Species: B. kozlowskii
(type).
Diet: Herbivore.
Size: Unavailable.
Known locations: Mongolia - Barun Goyot
Formation.
Time period: Campanian of the Cretaceous.
Fossil representation: Remains of a few juveniles.
Originally named as a species of Protoceratops, P. kozlowskii, Breviceratops was established as a distinct genus of ceratopsian dinosaur in 1990. There has been much speculation that Breviceratops may actually be synonymous with the genus Bagaceratops, though some researchers have pointed out notable differences between the holotype of Breviceratops and the known specimens of Bagaceratops.
Further reading
- Protoceratopsidae (Dinosauria) of Asia. - Palaeontologica
Polonica 33: 133–181. - T. Maryańska & H.
Osmólska - 1975.
- A new Late Cretaceous protoceratopsid genus from Mongolia. -
Palaeontological Journal, 24: 85-91. - S. Kurzanov -
1990.
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