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GOBICERATOPS
(go-be-seh-rah-tops)
meaning: "Gobi horned face"
Gobiceratops
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 |
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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.

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