Bainoceratops

Bainoceratops efremovi

Bainoceratops 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: 2003 · Tereshchenko, V. S.; Alifanov, V. R.
Hip height: Not established
Length: 2–3 m · 7–10 ft
Weight: Not established
Found in: Mongolia · Djadokhta
Food and walking: Herbivore · Four legs
Kind: horned dinosaur · Ceratopsian
Family branch: Protoceratopsidae

The story in short

Bainoceratops was formally named in 2003 by V. S. Tereshchenko and V. R. Alifanov. The name means “bain-Dzak horned face.”

Fossils referred to Bainoceratops date to the Late Cretaceous (Campanian), roughly 83.6 to 72.2 million years ago. Finds come from Mongolia, including the Djadokhta Formation. It was a herbivore and walked on four legs.

Published estimates put Bainoceratops at a length near 2–3 m.

On the family tree it sits in Protoceratopsidae, among the horned dinosaurs.

Close relatives

Bagaceratops

Bagaceratops rozhdestvenskyi

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