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PRENOCERATOPS
(pree-noe-seh-rah-tops)
meaning: "bent horned face"
Prenoceratops
Named By: Brenda J. Chinnery in 2004
Time Period: Late Cretaceous 74.3 Ma
Location: USA, Montana - Two Medicine Formation
Size: Roughly about 2.75 meters long
Diet: Herbivore
Fossil(s): Remains of several individuals
Classification: | Chordata | Reptilia | Dinosauria | Ornithischia | Ceratopsia | Leptoceratopsidae |
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Prenoceratops, (meaning 'bent or prone-horned face' and derived from Greek prene-/prene- meaning 'bent forwards' or 'prone', cerat-/kerat- meaning 'horn' and -ops/ops meaning 'face') is a genus of ceratopsian dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous Period. Its fossils have been found in the upper Two Medicine Formation in the present-day U.S. state of Montana, in Campanian age rock layers that have been dated to 74.3 million years ago.

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