Protoceratops
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![Skeletal diagram featuring the optimal remains of the holotype of Graciliceratops mongoliensis: ZPAL MgD-I/156.[1] Found in the Bayan Shireh Formation, in the original description the remains were referred to the genus Microceratops (now obsolete).[2] However, Sereno in 2000 noted that there was no base for this referral, then, he created a new genus and species for this specimen.[1] The holotype is very fragmented (specially the skull), consisting of:[2]
Fragmented skull; 4 cervical, 12 dorsal and 7 sacral vertebrae; right scapula; proximal end of left scapula; left coracoid; right humerus, radius and fragmentary ulna; proximal and distal end of left humerus; proximal fragments of both pubis; fragments of both illium and fragment of right ischium; right femur, tibia and nearly complete pes; distal part of left tibia, fragmentary left pes; tarsals and isolated ribs.[2]
The sacral vertebrae are not fused, an indicator of the immaturity of this specimen; the estimated adult size is about 2 meters long or similar to Protoceratops.[2][1] Right quadratojugal, quadrate and fragmentary jugal were reversed in order to get an optimal view.](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/Graciliceratops_Skeleton_Reconstruction.jpg/330px-Graciliceratops_Skeleton_Reconstruction.jpg?utm_source=en.wikipedia.org&utm_campaign=api&utm_content=thumbnail)
Skeletal diagram featuring the optimal remains of the holotype of Graciliceratops mongoliensis: ZPAL MgD-I/156.[1] Found in the Bayan Shireh Formation, in the original description the remains were referred to the genus Microceratops (now obsolete).[2] However, Sereno in 2000 noted that there was no base for this referral, then, he created a new genus and species for this specimen.[1] The holotype is very fragmented (specially the skull), consisting of:[2] Fragmented skull; 4 cervical, 12 dorsal and 7 sacral vertebrae; right scapula; proximal end of left scapula; left coracoid; right humerus, radius and fragmentary ulna; proximal and distal end of left humerus; proximal fragments of both pubis; fragments of both illium and fragment of right ischium; right femur, tibia and nearly complete pes; distal part of left tibia, fragmentary left pes; tarsals and isolated ribs.[2] The sacral vertebrae are not fused, an indicator of the immaturity of this specimen; the estimated adult size is about 2 meters long or similar to Protoceratops.[2][1] Right quadratojugal, quadrate and fragmentary jugal were reversed in order to get an optimal view.
Collage of two protoceratopsids. Bagaceratops (top) and Protoceratops (bottom). These files are already on Commons with their respective licenses. This montage was made for the article Protoceratopsidae on Wikipedia. File:Bagaceratops specimen MPC-D 100 551B.png File:Protoceratops specimen MPC-D 100 519.jpg
Protoceratops andrewsi skeleton at Carnegie Museum of Natural History.
Diversity of Marginocephalians. Psittacosaurus, Pachycephalosaurus, Protoceratops, Triceratops, Stegoceras and Prenoceratops.
Collage of two protoceratopsids. Bagaceratops (top) and Protoceratops (bottom). These files are already on Commons with their respective licenses. This montage was made for the article Protoceratopsidae on Wikipedia. File:Bagaceratops specimen MPC-D 100 551B.png File:Protoceratops specimen MPC-D 100 519.jpg
