Named By: | V. R. Alifanov in 2008 |
Time Period: | Late Cretaceous |
Location: | Mongolia - Barun Goyot Formation |
Size: | Skull 3.5 centimetres long |
Diet: | Herbivore |
Fossil(s): | Skull and dentary (lower jaw) of a juvenile |
Classification: | | Chordata | Reptilia | Dinosauria | Ornithischia | Ceratopsia | Bagaceratopidae | |
Gobiceratops is a genus of ceratopsian dinosaur from the Upper Cretaceous of Mongolia. It is based on a skull that is 3.5 centimeters (1.4 inches) long, from the Khermin Tsav locality in the Barun Goyot Formation of southern Mongolia; the type individual was young. Gobiceratops is thought to have been related to Bagaceratops, and a member of Bagaceratopidae. It was described in 2008 by Alifanov. The type species is G. minutus.