PRONUNCIATION: |
bag-uh-SAIR-uh-tops |
TRANSLATION: |
Small Horned Face |
ALSO KNOWN AS: |
n/a |
DESCRIPTION: |
Herbivore, Quadrupedal |
ORDER: |
Ornithischia |
SUBORDER: |
Marginocephalia |
INFRAORDER: |
Ceratopsia |
MICRO-ORDER: |
Neoceratopsia |
SUPERFAMILY: |
n/a |
FAMILY: |
Protoceratopsidae |
HEIGHT: |
12 inches (0.3 meters) |
LENGTH: |
36 inches (0.9 meters) |
WEIGHT: |
7 pounds (3.2 kg) |
PERIOD: |
Late Cretaceous |
NOTES: |
Discovered in the Gobi desert of Mongolia, Bagaceratops was a small, primitive ceratopsian. It had a very small horn on its nose and its neck was protected by a very short frill. Glossary In Asia, the protoceratopsians were prevalent during the Late Cretaceous, while no certain neoceratopsians are known, whereas at the same time in North America, the neoceratopsians were more prevalent and only a few protoceratopsians have been discovered. |
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