First Children Encyclopedia

(Marvins-Underground-K-12) #1
Protoceratops, which had
a head frill but lacked a
horn.

Styracosaurus, or “spiked
lizard”, had a fancy,
horned frill.

Pentaceratops had an
enormous neck frill and
three long horns.

Other ceratopsians


There were a number of


different dinosaurs with


horns and frills.


Hatchling

“Three-horned face”.


Horns and frills


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One big dinosaur graveyard


The Gobi Desert is littered with the


remains of Protoceratops, and they


show all stages of growth.


Sheep of the Gobi


Protoceratops roamed


the Gobi Desert in Asia rather as


sheep roam today. In fact, they


were about the size of sheep.


That’s not a fighter


Protoceratops lacked


any protection. Its


small size would


have made it the


ideal prey for


a number of


meat-eaters.


Like all the horn-face
dinosaurs, Protoceratops
had a parrot-like beak.

Fully
developed
skull

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