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Vertebrates: Dinosaurs et al: Protoceratops sp. |
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Written by Keith Minor
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Protoceratops Granger and Gregory, 1923 sp. 
Remarks - Here's a full-scale replica of a very young Protoceratops (Collection of Robert Sheridan. Thanks Bob!).
General Info Synonyms (a few reports from the literature) - 1923 Protoceratops andrewsi Gregory and Granger
- 1956 Protoceratops andrewsi Gregory and Granger; Bohlin
- 1977 Protoceratops andrewsi Gregory and Granger; Gradzinski, Kielan-Jaworowska and Maryańska
- 1977 ?Protoceratops andrewsi Gregory and Granger; Gradzinski, Kielan-Jaworowska and Maryańska
- 1991 Protoceratops andrewsi Gregory and Granger; Weishampel, Dodson, and Osmólska
Stratigraphic Occurrence - Djadochta Formation of the Mongolian People's Republic
- Beds of Toogreeg of the Mongolian People's Republic
- Minhe Formation of the People's Republic of China
Age - The type specimen, Protoceratops andrewsi Gregory and Granger lived during latest Santonian/earliest Campanian time, same time and place as Velociraptor.
Geographic Occurrence (not an all-inclusive list) Remarks For more information on Velociraptor mongoliensis, see: - Carroll, R. L. 1988. Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution. New York: W. H. Freeman and Company.
- Lessem, D.; Glut, D. F. 1993. Dinosaur Encyclopedia. New York: Random House.
- Weishampel, D. B.; Dodson, P.; Osmólska, H., eds. 1990. The Dinosauria. Berkeley: University of California Press (several chapters).
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Last Updated ( Thursday, 31 July 2008 )
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