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Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum Dinosaur Catalog

Protoceratops andrewsi Ornithischia Ceratopsia

Skeleton of Protoceratops
Protoceratops is a primitive neoceratopsian dinosaur and has a parrot-like beak and a frill at the back of the skull. Many skeletons have been found from the Nemegt Basin of Mongolia, allowing us to know its ontogeney (the frill became bigger as they grew) and sexual dimorphism (males have wider and higher frills).

Figure of Protoceratops
Systematics
Ceratopsia
Age
Late Cretaceous
Estimated total length
2.1m
Locality
Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, China
Exhibition place of Protoceratops
Dinosaur World > Ornithischia
Protoceratops site : Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, China