Platyceratops

broad-horned face

• platys · Greek · flat, broad
• keras · Greek · horn
• ops · Greek · face

The name combines Greek roots for "flat/broad", "horn" and "face", following the "-ceratops" naming pattern used for horned-faced ceratopsian dinosaurs. It was given to a small beaked ceratopsian from the Late Cretaceous of Mongolia.

Named by

Alifanov

Year named

2008

Period

Late Cretaceous

Found in

Mongolia (Gobi Desert region)

I am not fully certain of the details here. As I recall, Platyceratops (type species P. tatarinovi) is regarded as a junior synonym of the protoceratopsid Bagaceratops, but please verify the authorship, year, and synonymy against a primary source. Stage, pronunciation and other fine details are omitted because I am unsure of them.