Microceratus

Microceratus

Pronunciation:
mike-row-ker-ah-tuss
Name meaning:
'tiny horned'
Microceratus
ceratopsian silhouette
Type of dinosaur:
ceratopsian
Length:
0.5m
Diet:
herbivorous herbivorous food icon
When it lived:
Late Cretaceous, 86-66 million years ago
Found in:
China, Mongolia

This dinosaur was originally named Microceratops but, 50 years later, scientists realised that the name had already been taken by a species of beetle. So, in 2008, the name was changed to Microceratus.

We don't know how large this dinosaur would've grown to be, because the only fossils we know of come from a juvenile dinosaur. But scientists think that it was rather small and agile, and able to evade predators simply by running away.

Taxonomic details

Taxonomy:
Dinosauria, Ornithischia, Neornithischia, Cerapoda, Marginocephalia, Ceratopsia, Neoceratopsia, Coronosauria
Named by:
Bohlin (1953)
Type species:
gobiensis

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