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A ceratopsian dinosaur is a frilled, horned, quadrupedal, herbivorous dinosaur with a beak. The most famous member of this group of dinosaurs is Triceratops.

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What is the first ceratopsian?

Zuniceratops was the first ceratopsian


What is an agathaumid?

An agathaumid is a member of the Agathaumidae, an obsolete family of ceratopsian dinosaurs.


Did the gryphoceratops dinosaur have horns?

Gryphoceratops was a small ceratopsian belonging to the family Leptoceratopsidae. These small ceratopsians had small frills, but no horns.


Was a tricertop dinosaurs a plant eater?

Triceratops was a ceratopsian. All ceratopsians were herbivorous. They probably ate plants such as cycads and conifers.


A triceratops is what kind of dinosaur?

Triceratops was a ceratopsian, or a horned, herbivorous dinosaurs with a frill. Ceratopsians were a type of Ornithischian, or bird hipped, dinosaur.


What is a ngoubou?

The Ngoubou is a surviving ceratopsian-like creature that lives in Cameroon, Africa. It lives in the savanna and fight elephants for land though being as big as an ox.


How do you pronounce yamaceratops?

The name for an early ceratopsian dinosaur, Yamaceratops is pronounced "yam-ah-SEH-rah-tops". (sounds like "yeah, Ma : Sarah tops!")


Which animals have hooves?

Canadian goat, horses ,cows and those animals who need to run


Have there been any sightings of dragons?

Gryphons are not and have never been real creatures. There is, however, mounting evidence that the ancients stumbled upon the fossil remains of a Ceratopsian dinosaur and mistook it for a giant winged quadroped. If the frill on a ceratopsian (especially one with large holes in it) were smashed and spread over the back, combined with the beak-like face, pointed front toes and flat back feet, I can see the skeletal resemblance.


What dinosaur eggs where found in Mongolia and china?

The only ones of which I am aware where eggs of Protoceratops, a very earl, dog-sized ceratopsian dinosaur, a progenitor of the huge upper Cretaceous ceratopsians such as Styracosaurus and Triceratops.


Which dinosaurs are ceratopsians?

Ceratopsians are a group of herbivorous, beaked dinosaurs with frills and often horns. There were many types of ceratopsian. Here are just a few: Triceratops Anchiceratops Torosaurus Styracosaurus Bagaceratops Protoceratops Einiosaurus Udanoceratops Graciliceratops Pachyrhinosaurus Leptoceratops


What does frills mean?

A frill is a bony plate that curves upward behind the skull of many ceratopsian dinosaurs, feathers or hair about the neck of a bird or other animal, a strip of pleated material used as trim or a decoration, or any other ornamental objects of no great value.