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Bagaceratops rozhdestvenskyi

Reptilia - Protoceratopsidae

Taxonomy
Bagaceratops rozhdestvenskyi was named by Maryanska and Osmólska (1975). Its type specimen is ZPAL MgD-I/126, a skeleton, and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Khermeen Tsav I, Red Beds [PMPE], which is in a Campanian/Campanian eolian sandstone in the Baruungoyot Formation of Mongolia. It is the type species of Bagaceratops.

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1975Bagaceratops rozhdestvenskyi Maryanska and Osmólska p. 148
1977Bagaceratops rozhdestvenskyi Gradzinski et al. p. 302
1980Bagaceratops rozhdestvenskyi Coombs p. 381
1982Bagaceratops rozhdestvenskyi Coombs, Jr. p. 102
1990Bagaceratops rozhdestvenskyi Dodson and Currie p. 611
1994Bagaceratops rozhdestvenskyi Dong and Currie p. 2252
1996Bagaceratops rozhdestvenskyi Lehman p. 505
1997Bagaceratops rozhdestvenskyi Barsbold p. 449
1997Bagaceratops rozhdestvenskyi Osmólska p. 41
2000Bagaceratops rozhdestvenskyi Sereno pp. 488-489
2001Bagaceratops rozhdestvenskyi Lambert et al. p. 5
2001Bagaceratops rozhdestvenskyi Makovicky p. 254 fig. 18.3
2003Lamaceratops tereschenkoi Alifanov p. 528 fig. 2
2003Platyceratops tatarinovi Alifanov p. 532 fig. 2
2003Bagaceratops rozhdestvenskyi Tereshchenko and Alifanov p. 301
2003Magnirostris dodsoni You and Dong p. 299 figs. 1-2
2004Bagaceratops rozhdestvenskyi Chinnery p. 584
2004Bagaceratops rozhdestvenskyi You and Dodson p. 479
2007Bagaceratops rozhdestvenskyi You et al. p. 899
2008Bagaceratops rozhdestvenskyi Alifanov p. 621
2008Lamaceratops tereschenkoi Alifanov p. 621
2008Magnirostris dodsoni Alifanov p. 621
2008Platyceratops tatarinovi Alifanov p. 621
2008Gobiceratops minutus Alifanov pp. 622-623 figs. 1; Pl. 4
2008Magnirostris dodsoni Godefroit et al. p. 432
2010Bagaceratops rozhdestvenskyi Lee et al.
2010Bagaceratops rostdestvenskii Longrich et al. p. 955
2010Magnirostris dodsoni Longrich et al. p. 955
2010Bagaceratops rozhdestvenskyi Osi et al. p. 466
2010Magnirostris dodsoni Osi et al. p. 466
2010Gobiceratops minutus Xu et al. p. 13
2010Lamaceratops tereschenkoi Xu et al. p. 13
2010Magnirostris dodsoni Xu et al. p. 13
2010Platyceratops tatarinovi Xu et al. p. 13
2012Bagaceratops rozhdestvenskyi Handa et al. p. 180
2014Bagaceratops rozhdestvenskyi Arbour et al. p. 649
2014Bagaceratops rozhdestvenskyi Hone et al. p. 11
2017Magnirostris dodsoni Chen p. 154
2019Bagaceratops rozhdestvenskyi Czepiński p. 12
2019Bagaceratops rozhdestvenskyi Herne et al. p. 568
2019Gobiceratops minutus Kim et al. p. 182
2019Bagaceratops rozhdestvenskyi Kim et al. p. 183
2019Bagaceratops rozhdestvenskyi Morschhauser et al. p. 37
2019Magnirostris dodsoni Morschhauser et al. p. 135
2020Bagaceratops rozhdestvenskyi Czepiński p. 485
2022Bagaceratops rozhdestvenskyi Son et al. p. 3

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
Romeriida
RankNameAuthor
Diapsida()
Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
Crocopoda
ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
Eucrocopoda
Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
Ornithodira
Dinosauromorpha
Dinosauriformes
Dinosauria()
Ornithischia()
Genasauria
Cerapoda
Marginocephalia
Ceratopsia()
infraorderNeoceratopsia
Coronosauria
familyProtoceratopsidae
genusBagaceratops
speciesrozhdestvenskyi

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Bagaceratops rozhdestvenskyi Maryanska and Osmólska 1975
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Invalid names: Gobiceratops minutus Alifanov 2008 [synonym], Lamaceratops tereschenkoi Alifanov 2003 [synonym], Magnirostris dodsoni You and Dong 2003 [synonym], Platyceratops tatarinovi Alifanov 2003 [synonym]
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
Ł. Czepiński 2019I confirm the following set of distinct features listed earlier (Maryanska and Osmólska 1975; Makovicky 2002) as diagnostic for Bagaceratops rozhdestvenskyi: well-developed accessory antorbital fenestra similar in size and shape to the external nares with restricted but present contact with the nasal (autapomorphy), fused nasals with the prominent trapezoidal horncore present in even the smallest specimens (autapomorphy), sharp buccal crest of the dentary (autapomorphy) and deeply bifurcated splenials (autapomorphy).
All specimens of Bag. rozhdestvenskyi have an elongated maxillary diastema, longer than 30% of the teeth row, and lack of the angular process of the dentary at the caudoventral region of the bone, features seen only in a few specimens of Protoceratops spp. Among Protoceratopsidae, Bag. rozhdestvenskyi shares the edentulous premaxilla with Protoceratops hellenikorhinus and the presence of the accessory antorbital fenestra with Breviceratops kozlowskii.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatiteo
Entire body: yeso
Adult length: 10 to < 100o
Adult width: 1.0 to < 10o
Adult height: 1.0 to < 10o
Architecture: compact or denseo
Ontogeny: accretion, modification of partso
Grouping: gregariouso
Environment: terrestrialsubo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: ground dwellingsubo
Diet: herbivoresubo
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2005-08-25 05:48:41
Modified: 2005-08-25 07:48:41
Source: g = genus, subo = suborder, o = order
References: Peczkis 1995, Norman and Weishampel 1991, Marsh 1875

Age range: base of the Middle Campanian to the top of the Campanian or 83.50000 to 72.10000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Campanian83.6 - 72.1China (Nei Mongol) Magnirostris dodsoni (94372)
Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Mongolia (Omnogov) Bagaceratops rozhdestvenskyi (204919) Gobiceratops minutus, Breviceratops kozlowskii, Bagaceratops rozhdestvenskyi (11582) Lamaceratops tereschenkoi (118256) Protoceratops sp. (type locality: 13777 181414)