Nedoceratops
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.
| 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 |
| Suborder: | †Ceratopsia |
| Family: | †Ceratopsidae |
| Subfamily: | †Chasmosaurinae |
| Tribe: | †Triceratopsini |
| Genus: | †Nedoceratops Ukrainsky, 2007 |
| Species: | †N. hatcheri |
| Binomial name | |
| †Nedoceratops hatcheri (Lull vide Hatcher, 1905) Originally Diceratops, preoccupied by Förster, 1868 | |
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