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UDANOCERATOPS
(u-dan-oh-seh-rah-tops)
meaning: "Udan-Sayr horned face"
Udanoceratops
Named By: Sergei Kurzanov in 1992
Time Period: Late Cretaceous, Campanian
Location: Mongolia, Omnogovi Province - Djadokhta Formation, Dornogovi Province - Barun Goyot Formation
Size: Skull 60 centimetres long. Body unknown but estimated to be about 4 meters long
Diet: Herbivore
Fossil(s): Holotype is an almost complete skull
Classification: | Chordata | Reptilia | Dinosauria | Ornithischia | Ceratopsia | Leptoceratopsidae |
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Udanoceratops (meaning "Udan-Sayr horn face") is an extinct genus of leptoceratopsid ceratopsian dinosaur. It lived during the Late Cretaceous Period in the Campanian faunal stage. Its fossils were found in Mongolia.

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