Lamaceratops
Name:
Lamaceratops
(lama horned face).
Phonetic: Lah-mah-seh-rah-tops.
Named By: V. R. Alifanov - 2003.
Classification: Chordata, Reptilia, Dinosauria,
Ornithischia, Ceratopsia, Protoceratopsidae.
Species: L. tereschenkoi
(type).
Diet: Herbivore.
Size: Unaviable.
Known locations: Mongolia.
Time period: Campanian of the Cretaceous.
Fossil representation: Partial skull and mandible
(lower jaw).
Since the genus was named in 2003, there has been some speculation that Lamaceratops may in fact be based upon fossils referable to Bagaceratops. This is because there is very little difference between known fossils of Bagaceratops and the holotype fossils for Lamaceratops, though Lamaceratops may also represent a species of Bagaceratops not yet named.
Further reading
- Two new dinosaurs of the infraorder Neoceratopsia (Ornithischia)
from the Upper Cretaceous of the Nemegt Depression, Mongolian
People's Republic. - Paleontological Journal 37(5):524-534
- V. R. Alifanov - 2003.
- Yamaceratops dorngobiensis, a new primitive
ceratopsian
(Dinosauria: Ornithischia) from the Cretaceous of Mongolia. -
American Museum Novitates 3530: 1–42. - Peter J.
Makovicky & Mark A. Norell - 2006.
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