Genus
Valid Extinct

Breviceratops

Kurzanov 1990

Breviceratops is a genus of protoceratopsid dinosaur that lived during the Late Cretaceous in what is now the Barun Goyot Formation, Mongolia.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
2
Group
Dinosaures
Herbivore Ground dwelling Terrestrial
Breviceratops
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Line diagram of the holotype specimen (ZPAL MgD-I/117) of the protoceratopsid Breviceratops kozlowskii. Based on Maryańska & Osmólska 1975,[1] and Czepiński 2019.[2] References ↑ (1975). "Protoceratopsidae (Dinosauria) of Asia". Palaeontologia Polonica 33: 134−143. Archived from the original on 2018-09-21. Retrieved on 2021-07-25. ↑ (2019). "Ontogeny and variation of a protoceratopsid dinosaur Bagaceratops rozhdestvenskyi from the Late Cretaceous of the Gobi Desert". Historical Biology: 1−28. DOI:10.1080/08912963.2019.1593404. Archived from the original on 2021-07-08. Retrieved on 2021-07-25. © PaleoNeolitic · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia
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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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Breviceratops Genus
Fossil sites 2 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇲🇳 Mongolia
2
Geological formations
Baruungoyot
2
Temporal distribution
Campanian (83.6–72.2 Ma)
2
Species (1)
Breviceratops kozlowskii 84 Ma
Images 1
Bibliography
Original description
S. M. Kurzanov. 1990. A new Late Cretaceous protoceratopsid genus from Mongolia. Paleontological Journal 1990(4):85-91
Bibliography (2)
Ł. Czepiński. 2019. Ontogeny and variation of a protoceratopsid dinosaur Bagaceratops rozhdestvenskyi from the Late Cretaceous of the Gobi Desert. Historical Biology 32(10):1394-1421 DOI ↗
T. Maryanska and H. Osmólska. 1975. Protoceratopsidae (Dinosauria) of Asia. Palaeontologica Polonica 33:133-181