ceratopsian

Synonyms:

horned dinosaur

Types:

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protoceratops

small horned dinosaur

triceratops

huge ceratopsian dinosaur having three horns and the neck heavily armored with a very solid frill

styracosaur, styracosaurus

an unusual ceratopsian dinosaur having many large spikes around the edge of its bony frill and a long nose horn; late Cretaceous

psittacosaur, psittacosaurus

primitive dinosaur actually lacking horns and having only the beginning of a frill; long hind limbs and short forelimbs; may have been bipedal

Type of:

ornithischian, ornithischian dinosaur

herbivorous dinosaur with a pelvis like that of a bird