Prenoceratops
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Prenoceratops, (meaning 'bent or prone-horned face' and derived from Greek prene-/πρηνη- meaning 'bent forwards' or 'prone', cerat-/κερατ- meaning 'horn' and -ops/ωψ meaning 'face') is a genus of herbivorous ceratopsian dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous Period. It was a relatively small dinosaur, reaching 1.3 m (4.3 ft) in length and 20 kg (44 lb) in body mass.[1] Its fossils have been found in the upper Two Medicine Formation in the present-day U.S. state of Montana, in Campanian age rock layers that have been dated to 74.3 million years ago.[2] Fossils were also found in the Oldman Formation in the modern day Canadian province of Alberta, dating to around 77 million years ago.[3][4]
Prenoceratops | |
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Cast of a fossil skeleton, The Children's Museum of Indianapolis | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | Dinosauria |
Clade: | †Ornithischia |
Clade: | †Ceratopsia |
Family: | †Leptoceratopsidae |
Genus: | †Prenoceratops Chinnery, 2004 |
Species: | †P. pieganensis |
Binomial name | |
†Prenoceratops pieganensis Chinnery, 2004 | |