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Ceratops
Ceratops montanus by teratophoneus-d4qwzki
An artist's illustration of Ceratops montanus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
clade: Dinosauria
Order: Ornithischia
Family: Ceratopsidae
Subfamily: Ceratopsinae
Marsh, 1888
Genus: Ceratops
Marsh, 1888
Species: C. montanus
Binomial name
Ceratops montanus
Marsh, 1888
Synonyms
  • Proceratops montanus" (Marsh, 1888) Lull, 1906

Ceratops (meaning "horn face") is a strange genus of ceratopsian dinosaur which lived during the Late Cretaceous. Its fossils have been found in the Judith River Formation in Montana. Although poorly known, Ceratops is important in the history of dinosaurs, since it is the type genus for which both the Ceratopsia and the Ceratopsidae have been named. The material was a little too poor to be confidently referred to better specimens, and Ceratops is sometimes considered a nomen dubium.

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