Montanoceratops
genus of reptiles (fossil) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Montanoceratops (meaning "Montana horned face") was a ceratopsian dinosaur, walked on four legs, had a large head, a bulky body, a parrot-like beak, a small nose horn, cheek teeth, and a small frill on its head. Males may have had larger frills than females, indicating that the frill may have been used in courtship and mating.
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Montanoceratops | |
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Fossil specimen, Royal Tyrrell Museum | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | Dinosauria |
Order: | †Ornithischia |
Family: | †Leptoceratopsidae |
Genus: | †Montanoceratops Sternberg, 1951 |
Species: | †M. cerorhynchos |
Binomial name | |
Montanoceratops cerorhynchos (Brown & Schlaikjer, 1942) | |
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