Bisticeratops

Bis-te-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

Bisticeratops ‭(‬Bisti horned face‭)‬.

Phonetic

Bis-te-seh-rah-tops.

Named By

Sebastian Dalman,‭ ‬Steven E.‭ ‬Jasinski‭ & ‬Spencer G.‭ ‬Lucas‭ ‬-‭ ‬2022.

Classification

Chordata,‭ ‬Dinosauria,‭ ‬Ornithischia,‭ ‬Ceratopsia,‭ ‬Ceratopsidae,‭ ‬Chasmosaurinae.

Diet

Herbivore.

Species

B.‭ ‬froeseorum‭

Size

Preserved length of skull is about one and a half meters,‭ ‬but this is missing most of the neck frill.‭ ‬Total size uncertain.

Known locations

USA,‭ ‬New Mexico‭ ‬-‭ ‬Kirtland Formation.

Time Period

Campanian of the Cretaceous.

Fossil representation

Partial skull.

In Depth

       Bisticeratops is a genus of chasmosaurine ceratopsian dinosaur that lived in North America during the late Cretaceous.‭ ‬First named from only a skull,‭ ‬Bisticeratops seems to have been quite typical of the chasmosaurine ceratopsians.

Further Reading

-‭ ‬A new chasmosaurine ceratopsid from the Upper Cretaceous‭ (‬Campanian‭) ‬Farmington Member of the Kirtland Formation,‭ ‬New Mexico.‭ ‬-‭ ‬New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin.‭ ‬90:‭ ‬127‭–‬153.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Sebastian Dalman,‭ ‬Steven E.‭ ‬Jasinski‭ & ‬Spencer G.‭ ‬Lucas‭ ‬-‭ ‬2022.

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