Bagaceratopidae

Bagaceratopidae is a family of neoceratopsian dinosaurs. It was named by Alifanov in 2003 but no definition has been proposed.[1] Because of the lack of a definition, Bagaceratopidae was considered inactive by Paul Sereno in 2005.[2] In 2003 Alifanov assigned four genera to Bagaceratopidae: Bagaceratops, Breviceratops, Lamaceratops and Platyceratops;[1] and in a publication from 2008 he also included Magnirostris and the newly described genus Gobiceratops. Alifanov also suggested that Bagaceratopidae, unlike other neoceratopsian families, is of Paleoasiatic origin.[3]

Bagaceratopids
Temporal range: Late Cretaceous, 85–71 Ma
Skull of Bagaceratops rozhdestvenskyi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Order: †Ornithischia
Parvorder: †Coronosauria
Family: †Bagaceratopidae
Alifanov, 2003
Type species
†Bagaceratops rozhdestvenskyi
Subgroups

Bagaceratopids existed during the late Cretaceous period, between about 85.8 and 70.6 million years ago.[4]

See also

References
  1. Alifanov, Vladimir (2003). "Two new dinosaurs of the Infraorder Neoceratopsia (Ornithischia) from the Upper Cretaceous of the Nemegt Depression, Mongolian People's Republic". Paleontological Journal. 37 (5): 524–535.
  2. Sereno, P. C. (2005). "Bagaceratopidae". Taxon Search. Archived from the original on 2008-04-05. Retrieved 2009-04-14.
  3. Alifanov, Vladimir (2008). "The tiny horned dinosaur Gobiceratops minutus gen. et sp. nov. (Bagaceratopidae, Neoceratopsia) from the Upper Cretaceous of Mongolia". Paleontological Journal. 42 (6): 49–60. doi:10.1134/S0031030108060087.
  4. Holtz, Thomas R. Jr. (2011) Dinosaurs: The Most Complete, Up-to-Date Encyclopedia for Dinosaur Lovers of All Ages, Winter 2010 Appendix.


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