A Preliminary Description
CHRISTOPHER J. OTT AND PETER L. LARSON
A fragmentary skull and skeleton of a small ceratopsian dinosaur from the Hell Creek Formation of South Dakota represents a new taxon of horned dinosaur. This specimen is estimated to have a skull length of approximately 1 m and an approximate total length of 3 m. All preserved elements of the skeleton show characteristic adult features such as rugose bone surface texturing, well-developed dendritic veination patterns, and fusion of sutural contacts to the point of obscurity. The adult status, diminutive size, and significant morphological differences between the new animal and contemporaneous ceratopsians support the designation of a new taxon for this specimen.
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