Navajoceratops

Nav-ah-ho-seh-rah-tops.
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Benjamin Gutierrez

Vertebrate Paleontologist

Benjamin Gutierrez is a leading expert on dinosaurs, particularly the mighty theropods. His fieldwork in South America has uncovered new species and provided insights into dinosaur social structures.

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Name

Navajoceratops ‭(‬Navajo horned face‭)‬.

Phonetic

Nav-ah-ho-seh-rah-tops.

Named By

D.‭ ‬W.‭ ‬Fowler‭ & ‬E.‭ ‬A.‭ ‬Freedman Fowler‭ ‬-‭ ‬2020.

Classification

Chordata,‭ ‬Reptilia,‭ ‬Dinosauria,‭ ‬Ornithischia,‭ ‬Ceratopsidae,‭ ‬Chasmosaurinae.

Diet

Herbivore.

Species

N.‭ ‬sullivani‭

Size

Uncertain.

Known locations

USA,‭ ‬New Mexico‭ ‬-‭ ‬Kirtland Formation.

Time Period

Campanian of the Cretaceous.

Fossil representation

Partial skull‭ (‬parietal bones‭)‬.

In Depth

       Navajoceratops is a genus of ceratopsian dinosaur that lived in North America during the late Cretaceous.‭ ‬At the time of the description Navajoceratops is known only from a partial skull bones that a reveal a little of the shape of the neck frill.‭ ‬These suggest that Navajoceratops was a chasmosaurine ceratopsian dinosaur.

Further Reading

-‭ ‬Transitional evolutionary forms in chasmosaurine ceratopsid dinosaurs:‭ ‬evidence from the Campanian of New Mexico.‭ ‬-‭ ‬PeerJ‭ ‬8:e9251.‭ ‬-‭ ‬D.‭ ‬W.‭ ‬Fowler‭ & ‬E.‭ ‬A.‭ ‬Freedman Fowler‭ ‬-‭ ‬2020.

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