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Ceratopsian Dinosaurs
The Ceratopsia (meaning "horned faces")
are an infraorder of herbivorous (plant-eating) dinosaurs, that
were characterized by having beaks.
Early members of this infraorder, such as
Psittacosaurus,
were bipedal (walking on two legs).
Later Ceratopsians tended to be much larger and quadrupedal (walking on
four legs), often had elaborate neck frills and facial horns,
and included dinosaurs such as
Triceratops
and
Styracosaurus.
Ceratopsians first appeared during the
late
Jurassic period
and survived until the
end of the
Cretaceous period.
At the end of the
Cretaceous.
about 65 million years ago,
the last Ceratopsians, along with all the other remaining non-avian dinosaurs,
died out during a
mass extinction.
The Ceratopsia infraorder, together with the infraorders of
Pachycephalosauria ("thick-headed lizards")
and
Ornithopoda ("bird feet"),
form the the suborder Cerapoda of the
Ornithischian
dinosaurs.
Ceratopsians are sometimes grouped together with
Pachycephalosaurs
as the Marginocephalia ("fringed heads"), since the
these two infraorders share some common features and appear to be related.
The skull of Ceratopsians is the most common part of
the animal to be preserved as a
fossil
(in contrast to other dinosaurs, where the skulls are often not found).
Indeed, a number of species of Ceratopsians are known only from
their skulls.
Ceratopsian skulls:
Ceratopsian Dinosaur Timeline:
Ceratopsian dinosaurs first appeared during the late Jurassic, about 156 million years ago, and survived until the end of the Cretaceous period, about 65 million years ago
Types of Ceratopsian Dinosaur
Here is a list of some Ceratopsian dinosaurs:
Related Information & Resources
See Also
Ceratopsian Dinosaur Books
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Indiana University Press
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Easily distinguished by the horns and frills on their skulls, ceratopsids were one of the most successful of all dinosaurs. This volume presents a broad range of cutting-edge research on the functional biology, behavior, systematics, paleoecology, and paleogeography of the horned dinosaurs, and includes descriptions of newly identified species. |
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By Thom Holmes
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Indiana University Press
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Horns and Beaks completes Ken Carpenter’s series on the major dinosaur types. As with his volumes on armored, carnivorous, and sauropodomorph dinosaurs, this book collects original and new information, reflecting the latest discoveries and research on these two groups of animals. The Ornithopods include Iguanodon, one of the first dinosaurs ever discovered and analyzed, and perhaps the most common and best-documented group, the hadrosaurs or "duckbilled dinosaurs." The Ceratopsians include Triceratops, known for its distinctive three-horned skull and protective collar. Contributors are Michael K. Brett-Surman, Kathleen Brill, Kenneth Carpenter, Benjamin S. Creisler, Tony DiCroce, Andrew A. Farke, Peter M. Galton, David Gilpin, Thomas M. Lehman, Nate L. Murphy, Christopher J. Ott, Gregory S. Paul, Xabier Pereda Suberbiola, Albert Prieto-Marquez, Bruce Rothschild, José Ignacio Ruiz-Omeñaca, Darren H. Tanke, Mark Thompson, David Trexler, and Jonathan R. Wagner. |
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By Barnum Brown
American Museum of Natural History
Unknown Binding (9 pages)
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By Charles W Gilmore
Govt. Print. Off
Unknown Binding (45 pages)
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By Walter Granger
By order of the Trustees of The American Museum of Natural History
Unknown Binding (9 pages)
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By Kenneth Carpenter
Indiana University Press
Hardcover
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By William K Gregory
American Museum of Natural History
Unknown Binding (9 pages)
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By Jason S Anderson
Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan
Unknown Binding
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