Saturday 18 July 2015

Creature 291: Microceratus gobiensis

I want one as a pet!

Microceratus gobiensis is a ceratopsian dinosaur commonly known as the microceratops.

When people think of ceratopsian dinosaurs they usually think of the Triceratops or the Styracosaurus. I find the microceratops so cool because it looks like a mini two legged version of the horned giants. Microceratops only grew to around two feet long and less than one foot tall.

Distribution:
Microceratops is one of the oldest ceratopsians living from around 127 to 66 million years ago . It lived in the area which is now central Asia.

Classification:
The common name Microceratops used to also be the scientific name for the genus until it was discovered that this name was already taken by a genus of wasp.

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Sauropsida
Order: Ornithischia
Family:Ceratopsidae
Genus: Microceratus
Species: Microceratus gobiensis

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