Bainoceratops
BAY-no-SAIR-uh-tops /ˌbeɪnoʊˈsɛrətɒps/
Synonym of Protoceratops
Bain (Bayn Dzak) horned face
- Bain · Mongolian (place name) · Bayn Dzak, the fossil locality
- keras · Greek · horn
- ops · Greek · face
The name combines "Bain", from the Bayn Dzak (Bain-Dzak) locality in Mongolia where the fossils were found, with the Greek words for "horn" and "face". It is a "horned face" name, a common style for ceratopsians. The type species, B. efremovi, honours the Russian palaeontologist Ivan Efremov.
- Named by
- Tereshchenko
- Year named
- 2008
- Period
- Late Cretaceous
- Stage
- Campanian
- Found in
- Djadochta Formation, Bayn Dzak, Mongolia
A protoceratopsid ceratopsian named from material at Bayn Dzak. It is generally regarded as a junior synonym of Protoceratops, though this is not fully settled. The derivation of "Bain" and the Efremov dedication are given from memory, so treat them with some caution.