Notoceratops
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| Notoceratops Fossil range: Late Cretaceous |
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Notoceratops ("southern horned face") Tapia, 1918 is the name given to a dubious genus of dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous of Patagonia (in Argentina). Originally referred as a ceratopsian, it was later dismissed because no other members of that group were found in the Southern Hemisphere. It has since been considered a nomen dubium and could have been a hadrosaur; only fragmentary fossils were found.
With the 2003 description of the putative Early Cretaceous ceratopsian Serendipaceratops from Australia, it appears that not only did this group exist in the Southern Hemisphere, but might actually have originated there[citation needed].
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- Notoceratops bonarelli Tapia, 1918; dentary without teeth (now lost)
[edit] External links
- The Dinosaur Encyclopedia http://www.dinoruss,org/de_4/index.htm
- http://www.users.qwest.net/~jstweet1/ornithischia.htm
[edit] Offline References
- Dodson, Peter; The Horned Dinosaurs (1996)
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