Magnirostris

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iMagnirostris
Conservation status
Extinct (fossil)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Sauropsida
Superorder: Dinosauria
Order: Ornithischia
Infraorder: Ceratopsia
Family: Protoceratopsidae
Genus: Magnirostris
You & Dong 2003

Magnirostris, from the latin "magnus" 'large' and "rostrum" 'beak', is the name given to a genus of dinosaur from the Late Campanian epoch in the Late Cretaceous. It was a ceratopsian which lived in Inner Mongolia in China. It is distinguished from other Protoceratopsids by its large beak (hence the name) and incipient orbital horn cores.

[edit] Discovery and Species

Magnirostris dodsoni, was described by You and Dong Zhiming in 2003, from a near-complete skull collected from the Bayan Mandahu area in Inner Mongolia, China by the Sino-Canadian Dinosaur Project. It was named after Peter Dodson, palaeontologist.

Magnirostris Species

  • M. dodsoni

[edit] References

  • You H.-L. & Dong Zhiming (2003). "A new protoceratopsid (Dinosauria: Neoceratopsia) from the Late Cretaceous of Inner Mongolia, China.". Acta Geologica Sinica (English edition) 77: 299–303.

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