Nedoceratops Temporal range: Late Cretaceous,
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Skull from multiple angles | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | Dinosauria |
Clade: | †Ornithischia |
Clade: | †Neornithischia |
Clade: | †Ceratopsia |
Family: | †Ceratopsidae |
Subfamily: | †Chasmosaurinae |
Tribe: | †Triceratopsini |
Genus: | †Nedoceratops Ukrainsky, 2007 |
Species: | †N. hatcheri
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Binomial name | |
†Nedoceratops hatcheri (Lull vide Hatcher, 1905)
Originally Diceratops, preoccupied by Förster, 1868 | |
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Nedoceratops (meaning "insufficient horned face") is a controversial genus of ceratopsid dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous period Lance Formation of North America. It is known only from a single skull discovered in Wyoming. Its status is the subject of ongoing debate among paleontologists: some authors consider Nedoceratops a valid, distinct taxon, while others consider it to be an unusual specimen of Triceratops.[1]