Re: Bainoceratops

["T. Michael Keesey" <mightyodinn@yahoo.com>]

--- Nick Gardner <ratites637@hotmail.com> wrote:
> T. Mike Keesey wrote:
> >(On another note, I know "horned dinosaur" is a common vernacular term for
> >members of _Ceratopsia_, but is anyone else irritated by hornless animals 
> >like
> >psittacosaurids, leptoceratopsids, protoceratopsids, etc. being called 
> >"horned dinosaurs"?)
> 
> Correct me if I'm wrong, but don't both _Protoceratops_ and 
> _Montanoceratops_ have nasal "horns"?

_Protoceratops_ sort of does ... sort of....

The "nasal horn" of _Montanoceratops_ (a leptoceratopsid) actually turned out
to be a jugal (IIRC) -- so no horns.

"Frilled dinosaur" seems more apt to me....

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