Lamaceratops

• Mongolia

• L. tereschenkoi Alifanov, 2003

Lamaceratops is a little known genus of bird Beck dinosaur ( Ornithischia ) from the group of ceratopsians.

From Lamaceratops is so far only the skull is known. This was similar to that of Bagaceratops but was smaller by a quarter. In contrast to this, the cheek region was less expansive and at Zwischenkieferbein no teeth were. On the nose sat a little horn. As with all Ceratopsia the muzzle was pointed, which is a selective food intake allowed. This dinosaur was like all ceratopsians herbivores.

The fossil remains of Lamaceratops come from the Barun - Goyot formation in the Mongolian Gobi province Ömnö and were first described in 2003. The genus name is derived from Lama, the Buddhist teacher, and Greek keratops ( = " horn face" ), a common name component of the ceratopsians. Type species and only known species is L. tereschenkoi. The finds are dated to the Late Cretaceous (late Santonian or Campanian ) in age 86-72 million years.

Systematically Lamaceratops is classified as a close relative of Bagaceratops and how this classified either in the Protoceratopsidae or in the Bagaceratopsidae. In the opinion of some researchers, it could be at Lamaceratops merely a synonym of Bagaceratops.