[D] Lamaceratops tereschenkoi [sG] [T]
Describer
Alifanov, 2003
Time
Cretaceous Late Santonian
Classification
Ornithischia Genasauria Cerapoda Marginocephalia Ceratopia Neoceratopia Bagaceratopidae
Diet
Herbivore
Fossilsite
Barun Goyot Formation of the Khulsan and Khermiin Tsav localities, Nemegt Depression, Mongolia
Info
Genus - Typespecies
Lamaceratops tereschenkoi along with Platyceratops tatarinovi, Bagaceratops rozhdestvenskyi, and Breviceratops kozlowskii are assigned to the family Bagaceratopidae fam. nov. characterized by the fused nasals; the presence of the nasal horn and large subnarial fenestrae posterior to the nares between the premaxilla, maxilla, and nasal; and, pro- bably, the development of undulating ornamentation on the surface of the egg shell. The main evolutionary stages of Asian neoceratopsians are discussed.
Alifanov, 2003
Time
Cretaceous Late Santonian
Classification
Ornithischia Genasauria Cerapoda Marginocephalia Ceratopia Neoceratopia Bagaceratopidae
Diet
Herbivore
Fossilsite
Barun Goyot Formation of the Khulsan and Khermiin Tsav localities, Nemegt Depression, Mongolia
Info
Genus - Typespecies
Lamaceratops tereschenkoi along with Platyceratops tatarinovi, Bagaceratops rozhdestvenskyi, and Breviceratops kozlowskii are assigned to the family Bagaceratopidae fam. nov. characterized by the fused nasals; the presence of the nasal horn and large subnarial fenestrae posterior to the nares between the premaxilla, maxilla, and nasal; and, pro- bably, the development of undulating ornamentation on the surface of the egg shell. The main evolutionary stages of Asian neoceratopsians are discussed.