Dinosaur
Yamaceratops
Yamaceratops introduces a small, modestly frilled member of the ceratopsian world.
Yamaceratops introduces a small, modestly frilled member of the ceratopsian world. This little relative of horned dinosaurs had a beak and a much less showy frill than Triceratops. It reminds us that this evolutionary story began with modest animals, not directly with giants carrying enormous horns.
Three stages. One companion.
Game artwork
AI-generated, stylized game illustrations. These designs and growth stages are imaginative, not scientific reconstructions.
Yamaceratops at a glance
- Diet
- Herbivore
- It was a plant eater.
- When it lived
- Cretaceous
- Group
- Neoceratopsia
- Neoceratopsians
- Fossil locations
- Mongolia
- Places where fossils have been found
Beyond the game
The real Yamaceratops
Its fossils come from the eastern Gobi in Mongolia. Remains of different ages are known, including a young individual that helps reveal changes in some skull and body features.
Frills did not always have the size and shape seen in the most famous species. Yamaceratops offers clues to functions and evolutionary stages that came before other ceratopsians’ grand displays of bone.
Frills did not always have the size and shape seen in the most famous species. Yamaceratops offers clues to functions and evolutionary stages that came before other ceratopsians’ grand displays of bone.
Fossil discoveries
Selected fossil records · present-day map
Map references
Map: Natural Earth, public domain. Fossil records: linked collections and publications.Sources & text credits
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