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Ceratopsia

Ceratopsia or Ceratopia (/ˌsɛrəˈtɒpsiə/ or /ˌsɛrəˈtoʊpiə/; Greek: "horned faces") is a group of herbivorous, beaked dinosaurs that thrived in what are now North America, Asia and Europe, during the Cretaceous Period, although ancestral forms lived earlier, in the Late Jurassic of Asia. The earliest known ceratopsian, Yinlong downsi, lived between 161.2…

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Possible ceratopsians
†Psittacosaurus · †Chaoyangsauridae · †Neoceratopsia Sereno, 1986 †Aquilops †Archaeoceratops †Asiaceratops †Auroraceratops †Beg †Graciliceratops †Helioceratops †Koreaceratops †Kulceratops †Liaoceratops †Microceratus… · †Aquilops · †Archaeoceratops

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Edges131
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related to Phylogeny · 36
Ceratopsia → Another, Asian, By, Centrosaurinae, Ceratops, Ceratopsidae, Ceratopsoidea, Chaoyangosauridae, Chaoyangsauridae, Chaoyangsaurus, Chasmosaurinae, China, Coronosauria, Coronosaurs, Daniel Madzia, Early Cretaceous Period, Euceratopsia, In, Leptoceratops, Leptoceratopsidae
Possible ceratopsians · 34
Ceratopsia → †Ajkaceratops, †Albalophosaurus, †Aquilops, †Archaeoceratops, †Asiaceratops, †Auroraceratops, †Beg, †Ceratopsidae, †Ceratopsoidea Hay, 1902 sensu Sereno, 1998 †Ajkaceratops †Ferenceratops †Turanoceratops †Zuniceratops †Ceratopsidae, †Chaoyangsauridae, †Coronosauria Sereno, 1986 †Protoceratopsidae †Ceratopsoidea Hay, 1902 sensu Sereno, 1998 †Ajkaceratops †Ferenceratops †Turanoceratops †Zuniceratops †Ceratopsidae, †Craspedodon, †Euceratopsia Madzia et al., 2021 †Leptoceratopsidae †Coronosauria Sereno, 1986 †Protoceratopsidae †Ceratopsoidea Hay, 1902 sensu Sereno, 1998 †Ajkaceratops †Ferenceratops †Tura…, †Ferenceratops, †Graciliceratops, †Helioceratops, †Koreaceratops, †Kulceratops, †Leptoceratopsidae, †Liaoceratops
related to history · 34
Ceratopsia → Agathaumas, Agathaumidae, American, Ceratops, Ceratopsidae, Charles Hazelius Sternberg, Chouteau County, Cope, During, Edward Drinker Cope, Fielding Bradford Meek, Geographical Survey, Geological, Hayden, Hayden's, He, In, It, Judith River, Marsh
related to Paleobiogeography · 25
Ceratopsia → Ajkaceratops, Albian, Almost, Asia, Asian, Bering Strait, Ceratopsids, Cretaceous, Cretaceous Period, Densuş-Ciula, Europe, Ferenceratops, Fragmentary, Hungary, It, Maastrichtian-aged Sânpetru, North America, North American, Romania, Santonian-aged Csehbánya Formation
related to Classification · 12
Ceratopsia → As, Ceratopia, Following Marsh, Greek, However, ICZN, Marsh, Most, Ornithischia, Othniel Charles Marsh, The, While
related to Description · 12
Ceratopsia → Along, Also, Centrosaurus, Ceratopsians, Early, Later, On, Othniel Charles Marsh, Psittacosaurus, This, Triceratops, While
related to Ecological role · 11
Ceratopsia → Centrosaurus, Cretaceous, Like, Mongolian, Protoceratops, Psittacosaurus, Some, These, This, Triceratops, United States
related to Paleobiology · 8
Ceratopsia → But Paul, Christiansen, Complete, Most, Protoceratops, Psittacosaurus, There, Unlike
related to External links · 6
Ceratopsia → California Museum, Ceratopsians, DinosaursportalIntroduction, Palaeos, PaleontologyMarginocephalia, University

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ceratopsians triceratops ceratopsian group species protoceratops cretaceous psittacosaurus clade known found ceratopsids north remains marsh frill ceratops asia dinosaurs may

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CeratopsiaPossible ceratopsians†Psittacosaurus1.00infobox
CeratopsiaPossible ceratopsians†Chaoyangsauridae1.00infobox
CeratopsiaPossible ceratopsians†Neoceratopsia Sereno, 1986 †Aquilops †Archaeoceratops †Asiaceratops †Auroraceratops †Beg †Graciliceratops †Helioceratops †Koreaceratops †Kulceratops †Liaoceratops †Microceratus…1.00infobox
CeratopsiaPossible ceratopsians†Aquilops1.00infobox
CeratopsiaPossible ceratopsians†Archaeoceratops1.00infobox
CeratopsiaPossible ceratopsians†Asiaceratops1.00infobox
CeratopsiaPossible ceratopsians†Auroraceratops1.00infobox
CeratopsiaPossible ceratopsians†Beg1.00infobox
CeratopsiaPossible ceratopsians†Graciliceratops1.00infobox
CeratopsiaPossible ceratopsians†Helioceratops1.00infobox
CeratopsiaPossible ceratopsians†Koreaceratops1.00infobox
CeratopsiaPossible ceratopsians†Kulceratops1.00infobox
CeratopsiaPossible ceratopsians†Liaoceratops1.00infobox
CeratopsiaPossible ceratopsians†Microceratus1.00infobox
CeratopsiaPossible ceratopsians†Mosaiceratops1.00infobox
CeratopsiaPossible ceratopsians†Sasayamagnomus1.00infobox
CeratopsiaPossible ceratopsians†Yamaceratops1.00infobox
CeratopsiaPossible ceratopsians†Euceratopsia Madzia et al., 2021 †Leptoceratopsidae †Coronosauria Sereno, 1986 †Protoceratopsidae †Ceratopsoidea Hay, 1902 sensu Sereno, 1998 †Ajkaceratops †Ferenceratops †Tura…1.00infobox
CeratopsiaPossible ceratopsians†Leptoceratopsidae1.00infobox
CeratopsiaPossible ceratopsians†Coronosauria Sereno, 1986 †Protoceratopsidae †Ceratopsoidea Hay, 1902 sensu Sereno, 1998 †Ajkaceratops †Ferenceratops †Turanoceratops †Zuniceratops †Ceratopsidae1.00infobox
CeratopsiaPossible ceratopsians†Protoceratopsidae1.00infobox
CeratopsiaPossible ceratopsians†Ceratopsoidea Hay, 1902 sensu Sereno, 1998 †Ajkaceratops †Ferenceratops †Turanoceratops †Zuniceratops †Ceratopsidae1.00infobox
CeratopsiaPossible ceratopsians†Ajkaceratops1.00infobox
CeratopsiaPossible ceratopsians†Ferenceratops1.00infobox
CeratopsiaPossible ceratopsians†Turanoceratops1.00infobox
CeratopsiaPossible ceratopsians†Zuniceratops1.00infobox
CeratopsiaPossible ceratopsians†Ceratopsidae1.00infobox
CeratopsiaPossible ceratopsians†Albalophosaurus1.00infobox
CeratopsiaPossible ceratopsians†Craspedodon1.00infobox
CeratopsiaPossible ceratopsians†Micropachycephalosaurus1.00infobox

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