Pronunciation: NEE-o-SEH-ruh-TOP-see-uh
Author: Paul C. Sereno
Year: 1986
Meaning: New ceratopsians (see etymology)
Locomotion: Bi and Quadrupedal (two and four legs)
Synonyms: None known
Author: Paul C. Sereno
Year: 1986
Meaning: New ceratopsians (see etymology)
Locomotion: Bi and Quadrupedal (two and four legs)
Synonyms: None known
[Sereno 2005]Definition
The most inclusive clade including Triceratops horridus but not Psittacosaurus mongoliensis.
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Etymology
Neoceratopsia is derived from the Greek "neos" (new), "ceras" (horned) and "ops" (face).
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References
• Sereno PC (1986) "Phylogeny of the Bird-hipped Dinosaurs (Order Ornithischia). National Geographic Research 2: 234–256.
• Balanoff AM, Norell MA, Grellet-Tinner G and Lewin MR (2008) "Digital Preparation of a Probable Neoceratopsian Preserved Within an Egg, with Comments on Microstructural Anatomy of Ornithischian Eggshells". The Science of Nature 95(6): 493-500.
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-008-0347-2
• Farke AA, Maxwell WD, Cifelli RL and Wedel MJ (2014) "A Ceratopsian Dinosaur from the Lower Cretaceous of Western North America, and the Biogeography of Neoceratopsia". PLoS ONE 9(12): e112055. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0112055
