Platyceratops

Platyceratops
Temporal occurrence
	Upper Cretaceous ( Santonium to Campanium )
	86.3 to 72 million years
Locations
	Mongolia;
Systematics
	Cerapoda
	Marginocephalia
	Ceratopsia
	Neoceratopsia
	Protoceratopsidae ?
	Platyceratops
Scientific name
	Platyceratops
	Alifanov , 2003
Art
	P. tatarinovi Alifanov, 2003 ;

Platyceratops is a little known genus of the bird pelvic dinosaur (Ornithischia) from the group of the Ceratopsia .

From platyceratops only a poorly preserved is far skull known. This was similar to that of Bagaceratops , but was slightly larger. The comparatively short face and the clear horn on the nasal bone were striking . As with all Ceratopsia, the snout was pointed, which allowed selective feeding. This dinosaur, like all Ceratopsia, was herbivorous.

The fossil remains of Platyceratops come from the Barun-Goyot Formation in the Mongolian province of Ömnö-Gobi and were first described in 2003 . The generic name is derived from the Greek words platys (= "broad") and keratops (= "horny face"), a common part of the Ceratopsia name. The type species and the only known species is P. tatarinovi . The finds are dated in the Upper Cretaceous (late Santonium or Campanium ) to an age of 86 to 72 million years.

Platyceratops is systematically classified as a close relative of Bagaceratops and, like this, is classified either in the Protoceratopsidae or in the Bagaceratopsidae . According to some researchers, Platyceratops could just be a synonym for Bagaceratops .

literature

Владимир Р. Алифанов: Два новых динозавра инфраотряда Neoceratopsia (Ornithischia) из отложений верхнего мела мела НинымэгэМтинской кэмэгэмтинской. In: Палеонтологический Журнал. No. 5, 2003, ISSN 0031-031X , pp. 77-88, abstract .

↑ Peter J. Makovicky , Mark A. Norell : Yamaceratops dorngobiensis, a new primitive ceratopsian (Dinosauria: Ornithischia) from the Cretaceous of Mongolia (= American Museum Novitates. No. 3530, ISSN 0003-0082 ). American Museum of Natural History, New York NY 2006, digital version (PDF; 6.97 MB) .

Web links

Ceratopia ( Memento of July 2, 2008 in the Internet Archive )

[1] Peter J. Makovicky , Mark A. Norell : Yamaceratops dorngobiensis, a new primitive ceratopsian (Dinosauria: Ornithischia) from the Cretaceous of Mongolia (= American Museum Novitates. No. 3530, ISSN 0003-0082 ). American Museum of Natural History, New York NY 2006, digital version (PDF; 6.97 MB) .