[D] Montanoceratops [sG]
Describer
Sternberg, 1951
Time
Cretaceous Late Maastrichtian
Classification
Ornithischia Genasauria Cerapoda Marginocephalia Ceratopia Neoceratopia Protoceratopidae
Diet
Herbivore
Fossilsite
US
Typespecies
Montanoceratops cerorhynchus
Info
Genus - Skull
Montanoceratops (Sternberg, 1951) > Montanoceratops cerorhynchus (Brown& Schlaikjer, 1942) = Leptoceratops cerorhynchus (Brown& Schlaikjer, 1942)
C.M Sternberg pointed out in proposing a new generic name: \\\"In almost every respect the Montana species is more advanced than Protoceratops, whereas Leptoceratops is the most primitive of all.\\\"