Talk:Ceratopsia
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To all the anons who keep contributing to this article: I don't care whether Ceratopsia or Ceratopia is used, but there should be only ONE article discussing them, not two. So be a little bit responsible and focus on one article. This article should be locked. Phlebas 23:58, 29 Apr 2005 (UTC)
Please vote:
Ceratopia:
- --MWAK 13:51, 19 August 2005 (UTC)
Ceratopsia:
- CFLeon 22:20, 27 April 2006 (UTC)
- This is sort of an important issue that hasn't seen any play since last year... i'm gonig to take it over for discussion at Wikiproject dinosaurs.Dinoguy2 00:09, 28 April 2006 (UTC)
- Cas Liber 11:48, 1 June 2006 (UTC)
No brainer really - historically there have been all sorts of guffs in naming plants and animals, misspellings, what is published takes precedence. This is highlighted by the use of greek/latin/aboriginal/amerind/anagrams etc now. Especially with the latter there is no 'correct' syntax so what the author says goes.
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- Considerations of precedence are relevant when a binomial name is attributed to a single concrete object, like a holotype. When higher taxa than the genus implicit in the binomial name, are named, precedence becomes irrelevant. There are no official rules governing the names of taxa above the level of family — and everyone has always called any higher level taxon as it pleased him. If I am at liberty to call the group "Cornufacies" or "XYZ", why am I not free to call them by a correct name?--MWAK (talk) 18:02, 8 June 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Ceratopia
The full text of Ceratopia, as of my redirect: Ceratopia (ser-a-TOP-ee-ah) or Ceratopsia is a group of herbivorous and possibly omnivorous beaked dinosaurs that evolved during the Cretaceous in what is now Asia, and then spread to North America where they grew in size and developed elaborate horns and neck frills. The horns may have been used for display, defense, and combat with other members of the same species. The frills were probably too fragile for defense, and may have been used for display or thermoregulation
Early members such as Psittacosaurus were bipedal and had very small frills. This group later gave rise to a subgroup, the Coronosauria ("crowned lizards"), which were quadrupedal, much larger, and frequently horned. The coronosaurians include earlier ceratopsids like Protoceratops, and the Ceratopsidae like Centrosaurus and Triceratops.
The paleontologist Othniel Charles Marsh originally named the group "Ceratopsia" in 1890, which has an incorrect Greek ending. While "Ceratopia" is linguistically correct, and thus preferred by many taxonomists; "Ceratopsia" has chronological precedence and is more widely used, probably because of the association with Triceratops. Since no official authority like the ICZN regulates higher level zoological taxa, there is no official answer.
In either case, the name means "horned face", from the Greek keras ("horned") and ops ("face").
[edit] Jaws
Personally, I miss some information about the physiology of these dinosaurs. What traits did they have that made them so successful? Duck billed dinsaurs had special jaws which made it possible for them to chew their food. Did ceratopsians had the same kind of jaws too, or even improved versions of them? Since they were some of the last to evolve, they should have some advanced traits lacking in other members of ornitischia. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 193.217.196.189 (talk • contribs) 18:45, 29 June 2006 193.217.196.189
GA review by [[User:Mmoyer|Mmoyer
Wow! This is the best GA nominee I've seen yet. I have no suggestions for improvement, and GA awarded! Good job! Mmoyer 02:41, 5 November 2007 (UTC)
