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horned dinosaur
Bagaceratops
Say it like this: “BAH-gah-SER-a-tops”
Bagaceratops rozhdestvenskyi
Bagaceratops ate plants and walked on four legs. It lived in the Late Cretaceous. Bones have been found in Mongolia.
- When
- Late Cretaceous (Campanian) · roughly 83.6 to 72.2 million years ago
- Named in
- 1975 · Maryańska, T.; Osmólska, H.
- Hip height
- 0.7 m · 2 ft
- Length
- 1–1.5 m · 3–5 ft
- Weight
- 23–45 kg · 51–99 lb
- Found in
- Mongolia · Baruungoyot
- Food and walking
- Herbivore · Four legs
- Kind
- horned dinosaur · Ceratopsian
- Family branch
- Protoceratopsidae
The story in short
The genus Bagaceratops dates to 1975, the year T. Maryańska and H. Osmólska described it. The name means “small-horned face.”
Fossils referred to Bagaceratops date to the Late Cretaceous (Campanian), roughly 83.6 to 72.2 million years ago. Finds come from Mongolia, including the Baruungoyot Formation. It was a herbivore and walked on four legs.
Published estimates put Bagaceratops at a length near 1–1.5 m, hips about 0.7 m high, and a body mass around 23–45 kg.
On the family tree it sits in Protoceratopsidae, among the horned dinosaurs.
Close relatives
Bainoceratops
Bainoceratops efremovi
Late Cretaceous (Campanian) · roughly 83.6 to 72.2 million years ago
Breviceratops
Breviceratops kozlowskii
Late Cretaceous (Campanian) · roughly 83.6 to 72.2 million years ago
Protoceratops
Protoceratops andrewsi
Late Cretaceous (Campanian) · roughly 83.6 to 72.2 million years ago