Ajkaceratops

Ajka horned face

• Ajka · Hungarian (place name) · the town of Ajka, Hungary, near where the fossils were found
• keras · Greek · horn
• ops · Greek · face

The name combines Ajka, the Hungarian town near the Iharkút fossil site in the Bakony Hills, with the Greek words "keras" (horn) and "ops" (face). This follows the common naming pattern for ceratopsians, the horned-face dinosaurs. It means "Ajka horned face" and marks the locality where the fossils were found.

Named by

Ősi, Butler and Weishampel

Year named

2010

Period

Late Cretaceous

Stage

Santonian

Found in

Csehbánya Formation, Iharkút, near Ajka, Bakony Hills, Veszprém County, Hungary

A small ceratopsian known from fragmentary skull bones. It is notable as one of the first ceratopsians found in Europe, and it appears to be related to Asian forms such as Bagaceratops. The type species is Ajkaceratops kozmai.