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
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