Yamaceratops

Yama's horned face

• Yama · Sanskrit/Tibetan · Yama, a Hindu/Buddhist deity associated with death
• keras · Greek · horn
• ops · Greek · face

The name combines Yama, a Hindu and Buddhist deity associated with death, with the Greek words for "horn" and "face", the usual ending for horned ceratopsian dinosaurs. It was given to a small, early horned dinosaur from the Gobi region of Mongolia. The type species is Yamaceratops dorngobiensis, named after Dornogovi Province.

Named by

Makovicky and Norell

Year named

2006

Period

Late Cretaceous

Found in

Shine Us Khudag locality, Dornogovi Province, Mongolia

A small, early-diverging neoceratopsian (a relative of Protoceratops). The exact geologic stage is uncertain, so none is given here. The detailed reasoning behind the choice of the name Yama is not something I could confirm.