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
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
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.