ceratopsian: Quick Facts

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Also Known As	Ceratopsia • ceratopian

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Illustration of Psittacosaurus, a small Early Cretaceous herbivorous dinosaur with a short head, parrotlike beak, and prominent cheek horns, shown with a scale bar for size reference.

Illustration of Protoceratops, a late Cretaceous dinosaur from Asia, showing a stocky, four-legged herbivore with a parrotlike beak and a large bony frill at the back of its head. Measurement bars indicate its length is about 6 feet or 1.8 meters.

Illustration of a Triceratops, a large, four-legged dinosaur with a prominent bony neck frill and three facial horns, shown next to two human figures for scale. Measurement bars indicate 1 meter and 3 feet, highlighting the dinosaur's impressive size, and text notes it was a massive, late Cretaceous herbivore from North America.

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Psittacosauridae Protoceratopsidae ceratopsid Protoceratops Pachyrhinosaurus Yinlong Chasmosaurinae Monoclonius Leptoceratops Psittacosaurus ornithopod

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