LegendaryYamaceratops
Yamaceratops dorngobiensis
YAH-mah-SERR-a-tops· “Yama horned face”
🦕 Dinosaur🕰️ Cretaceous🌿 herbivore🦴 Ceratopsia
1.5 m
Length
0.5 m
Height
20 kg
Weight
A small, early horned dinosaur from Mongolia with a short frill but no horns. Study of its frill suggests these display structures first evolved for signalling rather than defence.
When
Late Cretaceous, ~90 million years ago
Found in
Mongolia
Discovered
Peter Makovicky, 2006
Did you know?
- A small, hornless early ceratopsian from Mongolia.
- Its simple frill hints that frills first evolved for display.
- Named after Yama, a deity of Buddhist and Hindu tradition.
Artwork: Nobu Tamura, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0.