Platyceratops

Plat-e-seh-rah-tops.
By Harper Gray
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Gray, H. (2014, May 4). Platyceratops. Prehistoric-wildlife. https://www.prehistoric-wildlife.com/species/platyceratops/

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Name

Platyceratops ‭(‬Flat horned face‭)‬.

Phonetic

Plat-e-seh-rah-tops.

Named By

V.‭ ‬R.‭ ‬Alifanov‭ ‬-‭ ‬2003.

Classification

Chordata,‭ ‬Reptilia,‭ ‬Dinosauria,‭ ‬Ornithischia,‭ ‬Ceratopsia.

Diet

Herbivore.

Species

P.‭ ‬tatarinovi‭

Size

Roughly estimated to be about‭ ‬1‭ ‬meter long.

Known locations

Mongolia‭ ‬-‭ ‬Barun Goyot Formation.

Time Period

Santonian/Campanian of the Cretaceous.

Fossil representation

Skull.

In Depth

       Platyceratops is a genus of ceratopsian dinosaur that has a noted similarity to the genus Bagaceratops,‭ ‬with some researchers even considering that the two genera may actually be synonymous with one another.‭ ‬However,‭ ‬the skull of Platyceratops is noted as being quite a bit‭ ‬larger than what is known for Bagaceratops,‭ ‬so it‭ ‬remains to be seen what comes from future studies concerning the genus.

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.

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