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Udanoceratops

Udanoceratops

Pronunciation:: oo-dahn-oh-serra-tops
Name meaning:: 'Udan [Sayr] horned face'

Udanoceratops

© Andrey Atuchin

Type of dinosaur:: ceratopsian

Diet:: herbivorous
When it lived:: Late Cretaceous, 81-75 million years ago
Found in:: Mongolia

Udanoceratops is known from a partial skull and postcranial skeleton. This 'ceratops' had hardly any head frill.

Taxonomic details

Taxonomy:: Dinosauria, Ornithischia, Genasauria, Cerapoda, Marginocephalia, Ceratopsia, Neoceratopsia
Named by:: Kurzanov (1992)
Type species:: tschizhovi

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