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Protoceratops

Protoceratops

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A small horned dinosaur with a neck frill that ate plants and lived in Mongolia
  • noun
  • /ˌproʊtəˈsɛrətɒps/
  • Specialized
: Protoceratops
  • The fossilized skull of a Protoceratops was discovered in the Gobi desert.

Examples

  • The Protoceratops lived during the Late Cretaceous period.

  • Unlike its larger relatives, Protoceratops did not have large horns above its eyes.

  • Paleontologists study Protoceratops to learn about the evolution of horned dinosaurs.

  • Did you know that the Protoceratops was a herbivore?

  • Paleontologists study Protoceratops to learn about the evolution of horned dinosaurs.

  • The fossilized skull of a Protoceratops was discovered in the Gobi desert.

  • Unlike its larger relatives, Protoceratops did not have large horns above its eyes.

Synonyms

horned dinosaur
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A four-legged plant-eating dinosaur with a beak, horns, and a frill like Triceratops

refers to a single small genus with a distinctive neck frill mainly found in Mongolia

Surface Forms

Protoceratops singular
Protoceratopses plural

Etymology

Protoceratops comes from Greek parts: proto- meaning 'first', like in prototype, cerat- meaning 'horn', and -ops meaning 'face'. So the name means 'first horned face', which helps you remember it is an early, small horned dinosaur with a neck frill.