Classification
Dinosauria
Unranked clade
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Ornithischia
Unranked clade
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Neornithischia
Unranked clade
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Pyrodontia
Unranked clade
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Cerapoda
Unranked clade
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Marginocephalia
Unranked clade
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Ceratopsia
Suborder
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Neoceratopsia
Infraorder
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Coronosauria
Unranked clade
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Protoceratopsidae
Family
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Bagaceratops
Genus
Measurements
Length
2,3 m ⓘ
Bagaceratops rozhdestvenskyi
1 m ⓘ
Mass
140 kg ⓘ
Bagaceratops rozhdestvenskyi
Fossil sites 18 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
Geological formations
Temporal distribution
Maastrichtian
(72.2–66 Ma)
1
Campanian
(83.6–72.2 Ma)
17
Species (5)
Synonyms (4)
Gobiceratops
subjective synonym of Bagaceratops
Lamaceratops
subjective synonym of Bagaceratops
Magnirostris
subjective synonym of Bagaceratops
Platyceratops
subjective synonym of Bagaceratops
Images 3
Bibliography
Original description
T. Maryanska and H. Osmólska. 1975. Protoceratopsidae (Dinosauria) of Asia. Palaeontologica Polonica 33:133-181
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