Bainoceratops

Bay-noe-seh-rah-tops.
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Liam Carter

Paleoanthropologist

Liam Carter explores the roots of humanity by studying early human fossils and artifacts. His ground-breaking work has provided a deeper understanding of our ancestors' lifestyles and social structures.

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Name

Bainoceratops ‭(‬Mountain horned face‭)‬.

Phonetic

Bay-noe-seh-rah-tops.

Named By

V.‭ ‬S.‭ ‬Tereschenko‭ & ‬V.‭ ‬R.‭ ‬Alifanov‭ ‬-‭ ‬2003.

Classification

Chordata,‭ ‬Reptilia,‭ ‬Dinosauria,‭ Ornithischia, Ceratopsia, ‬Protoceratopsidae.

Diet

Herbivore.

Species

B.‭ ‬efremovi‭

Size

‭U‬nknown due to a severe lack of fossil remains.

Known locations

Mongolia‭ ‬-‭ ‬Djadochta Formation.

Time Period

Campanian of the Cretaceous.

Fossil representation

Partial vertebral column.

In Depth

       Bainoceratops was described as a genus of protoceratopsid ceratopsian.‭ ‬However the genus has only been described from a partial vertebral column,‭ ‬and although this has previously been seen to be enough to distinguish Bainoceratops from other genera,‭ ‬some authors now consider Bainoceratops to actually be a synonym to the much more famous Protoceratops,‭ ‬a genus that was also active at the same time and location where the Bainoceratops type material was recovered from.

Further Reading

-‭ ‬Bainoceratops efremovi,‭ ‬a new protoceratopid dinosaur‭ (‬Protoceratopidae,‭ ‬Neoceratopsia‭) ‬from the Bain-Dzak Locality‭ (‬South Mongolia‭) ‬-‭ ‬V.‭ ‬S.‭ ‬Tereschenko‭ & ‬V.‭ ‬R.‭ ‬Alifanov‭ ‬-‭ ‬2003.

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