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.