Dinosauria›Ornithischia›Ceratopsia›Protoceratopsidae
Silhouette of Bagaceratops rozhdestvenskyi

Bagaceratops Bagaceratops rozhdestvenskyi Maryanska and Osmólska 1975

/bˈæɡɐsɚɹˌætɑːps/ estimated
Late Cretaceous (Campanian) · 83.6–72.2 Mya

Key Statistics

Diet
herbivore
Locomotion
quadrupedal
inferred from clade
Habitat
ground-dwelling

Where It Was Found

Country
Mongolia
Region
Omnogov
Formation
Baruungoyot
Dig sites
4
distinct collections
Recorded finds in Mongolia. Present-day positions: the continents have moved since.

Overview

Bagaceratops rozhdestvenskyi is a ceratopsian dinosaur known from the Late Cretaceous, roughly 83.6–72.2 million years ago. It was a herbivore. It is recorded as ground-dwelling. Fossils have been recovered from Omnogov, Mongolia. It was named by Maryanska and Osmólska 1975. The species is represented by 8 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.

Fossil Record Completeness

How much of this profile is grounded in the fossil record

~27%
well attested
Based on 8 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.

Geologic Time

Where Bagaceratops rozhdestvenskyi sits in deep time

TRIASSIC
JURASSIC
CRETACEOUS
Bagaceratops
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya

Relationships

Part of a wider fossil web

These species share Bagaceratops rozhdestvenskyi's place in deep time — computed from overlapping age ranges, shared clades, and inferred ecology. Predator–prey pairs additionally have to have been dug up in the same place.

predator–prey
Gobipteryx
Gobipteryx minuta
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predator–prey
Shuvuuia
Shuvuuia deserti
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predator–prey
Ornithoides
Ornithoides oshiensis
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coexisted–with
Stegoceras
Stegoceras validum
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coexisted–with
Ichthyornis
Ichthyornis dispar
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coexisted–with
Hesperornis
Hesperornis regalis
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coexisted–with
Hypacrosaurus
Hypacrosaurus stebingeri
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coexisted–with
Corythosaurus
Corythosaurus casuarius
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