Microceratus
| Microceratus Temporal range: Late Cretaceous, | |
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| Life restoration | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Dinosauria |
| Clade: | †Ornithischia |
| Clade: | †Ceratopsia |
| Clade: | †Neoceratopsia |
| Genus: | †Microceratus Mateus, 2008 |
| Species: | †M. gobiensis |
| Binomial name | |
| †Microceratus gobiensis (Bohlin, 1953) | |
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| Synonyms | |
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Microceratops Bohlin, 1953 (preoccupied by Seyrig, 1952) | |
Microceratus (meaning "small-horned") is a genus of small ceratopsian dinosaur that lived in the Cretaceous Period in Mongolia. It walked on two legs, had short front arms, a characteristic ceratopsian frill and beak-like mouth, and was around 60 cm (2.0 ft) long. It was one of the first ceratopsians, or horned dinosaurs, along with Psittacosaurus also from Mongolia.