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Bagaceratopidae Alifanov, 2003
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Bagaceratopidae is a family of neoceratopsian dinosaurs. It was named by Alifanov in 2003 but no definition has been proposed.[1] Because of lacking of the definition, Bagaceratopidae was considered inactive by Paul Sereno in 2005.[2] Alifanov in 2003 classified to this family four genera: Bagaceratops, Breviceratops, Lamaceratops and Platyceratops[1] and in a publication from 2008 he included in Bagaceratopidae also Magnirostris and newly described genus Gobiceratops. Alifanov suggested also that Bagaceratopidae, unlike other neoceratopsian families, is of Paleoasiatic origin.[3]
References[]
- ^ a b Alifanov, Vladimir (2003). "Two new dinosaurs of the Infraorder Neoceratopsia (Ornithischia) from the Upper Cretaceous of the Nemegt Depression, Mongolian People's Republic". Paleontological Journal 37 (5): 524–535.
- ^ Sereno, P. C. (2005). "Bagaceratopidae". Taxon Search. http://www.taxonsearch.org/dev/taxon_edit.php?Action=View&tax_id=52. Retrieved on 2009-04-14.
- ^ Alifanov, Vladimir (2008). "The tiny horned dinosaur Gobiceratops minutus gen. et sp. nov. (Bagaceratopidae, Neoceratopsia) from the Upper Cretaceous of Mongolia". Paleontological Journal 42 (6): 49–60. doi:.
