In Depth Leptoceratops is similar in form to the earlier ceratopsian dinosaurs that would evolve into the larger members of the group such as Chasmosaurus and Anchiceratops. However Leptoceratops lived much later than these ancestral forms as indicated by its entry into the fossil record at a time which would have seen Leptoceratops living in … Read more
In Depth When first discovered, Protoceratops was heralded as the ancestor to the massive North American ceratopsian dinosaurs such as Triceratops. However with the advent of new and continuing studies of the group, Protoceratops is now considered to be more representative of the type of dinosaur that led to the larger North American species as … Read more
In Depth 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 … Read more
In Depth With the exception of Triceratops, Styracosaurus is the ceratopsian dinosaur that most people are familiar with. In fact it could even be argued that Styracosaurus has had even greater exposure in popular media such as films, books and games. This popularity is all down to the very distinctive arrangement of horns that extend … Read more
In Depth Liaoceratops was a fairly small neoceratopsian dinosaur that is nonetheless a good example of the ancestors of the later and larger ceratopsian dinosaurs such as Triceratops and Styracosaurus that lived during the late Cretaceous. Liaoceratops had the beginnings of a neck frill, though nothing like the same scale as later descendants, and no … Read more
In Depth A relative of the world famous Protoceratops, Bagaceratops is unusual in that it is more primitive, yet appeared later. Bagaceratops seems to have been like other small ceratopsids of its kind, though most of the post cranial skeleton is still unknown. Bagaceratops would have cropped plants with its beak while also keeping an … Read more
In Depth The material that would be named as Montanoceratops was originally assigned to Leptoceratops as a second species in 1935 as Leptoceratops cerorhynchos. However the original remains were incomplete and when further and more complete material was discovered by C. M. Sternbergi this second species of Leptoceratops was realised to be a different albeit … Read more