Synonym: Microceratops Bohlin 1953 [replaced name]
Full reference: O. Mateus. 2008. Two ornithischian dinosaurs renamed: Microceratops Bohlin 1953 and Diceratops Lull 1905. Journal of Paleontology 82(2):423
Parent taxon: Ceratopsia according to P. C. Sereno 2000
See also Bohlin 1953, Bonaparte 1978, Carroll 1988, Charig 1967, Chinnery and Weishampel 1996, Chinnery and Weishampel 1998, Dodson and Currie 1990, Dong 1992, Dong 1997, Huene 1958, Huene 1959, Kuhn 1964, Kurzanov 1992, Lambert et al. 2001, Makovicky 2001, Makovicky and Norell 2006, Maryanska and Osmólska 1975, Maryanska and Osmólska 1985, Mateus 2008, Olshevsky and Ford 1994, Ostrom and Wellnhofer 1986, Romer 1956, Romer 1966, Rozhdestvensky 1977, Sereno 1986, Swinton 1970, Tatarinov 1964, Tereshchenko and Alifanov 2003 and You and Dodson 2004
Sister taxa: Albalophosaurus, Ceratopsidae, Chaoyangosauridae, Dysganus, Eoceratopsinae, Kulceratops, Kulceratops kulensis, Micropachycephalosaurus, Neoceratopsia, Notoceratops, Pachyrhinosauridae, Psittacosauridae, Psittacosauroidea, Psittacosaurus, Psittacosaurus sattayaraki, Serendipaceratops
Subtaxa: Microceratops gobiensis Microceratops sulcidens
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of China (3 collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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