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Ajkaceratops kozmai
Taxonomy
Ajkaceratops kozmai was named by Osi et al. (2010). Its type specimen is MTM V2009.192.1, a partial skull (fused premaxillae and rostral bones with fragments of the maxillae), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Iharkút mine, Bakony mountains (Unit 1), which is in a Santonian crevasse splay claystone/sandstone in the Csehbánya Formation of Hungary.
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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2010 | Ajkaceratops kozmai Osi et al. p. 466 fig. 1 |
2010 | Ajkaceratops kozmai Xu et al. p. 13 |
2017 | Ajkaceratops kozmai Godefroit et al. p. 6 |
2019 | Ajkaceratops kozmai Morschhauser et al. p. 134 |
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†Ajkaceratops kozmai Osi et al. 2010
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Diagnosis
Reference | Diagnosis | |
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A. Osi et al. 2010 | Differs from all other coronosaurian ceratopsians in the following character combination (* indicates autapomorphies): (1) large oval accessory fenestra are present between the premaxilla and maxilla, with the nasal excluded from its margin; (2*) the part of the premaxilla ventral to the external naris and the accessory fenestra is dorsoventrally shallow relative to its rostrocaudal length; (3*) the caudolateral process of the premaxilla is curved along its length becoming nearly horizontal caudally; (4*) the buccal margins of the predentary are sharp and not bevelled. |