Navajoceratops

Nav-ah-ho-seh-rah-tops.
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Claire Morris

Marine Paleontologist

Claire Morris has dedicated her career to exploring the depths of prehistoric oceans. Her fascination with ancient marine life has led her to discover significant fossils that illuminate the evolution of early sea creatures.

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Name

Navajoceratops ‭(‬Navajo horned face‭)‬.

Phonetic

Nav-ah-ho-seh-rah-tops.

Named By

D.‭ ‬W.‭ ‬Fowler‭ & ‬E.‭ ‬A.‭ ‬Freedman Fowler‭ ‬-‭ ‬2020.

Classification

Chordata,‭ ‬Reptilia,‭ ‬Dinosauria,‭ ‬Ornithischia,‭ ‬Ceratopsidae,‭ ‬Chasmosaurinae.

Diet

Herbivore.

Species

N.‭ ‬sullivani‭

Size

Uncertain.

Known locations

USA,‭ ‬New Mexico‭ ‬-‭ ‬Kirtland Formation.

Time Period

Campanian of the Cretaceous.

Fossil representation

Partial skull‭ (‬parietal bones‭)‬.

In Depth

       Navajoceratops is a genus of ceratopsian dinosaur that lived in North America during the late Cretaceous.‭ ‬At the time of the description Navajoceratops is known only from a partial skull bones that a reveal a little of the shape of the neck frill.‭ ‬These suggest that Navajoceratops was a chasmosaurine ceratopsian dinosaur.

Further Reading

-‭ ‬Transitional evolutionary forms in chasmosaurine ceratopsid dinosaurs:‭ ‬evidence from the Campanian of New Mexico.‭ ‬-‭ ‬PeerJ‭ ‬8:e9251.‭ ‬-‭ ‬D.‭ ‬W.‭ ‬Fowler‭ & ‬E.‭ ‬A.‭ ‬Freedman Fowler‭ ‬-‭ ‬2020.

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