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Description: Comparative sizes between the known members of the ceratopsian family Protoceratopsidae: Bagaceratops rozhdestvenskyi → Bayan Mandahu & Barun Goyot formations. Length = 1-2 (here 1.7) meters.[1][2] Breviceratops kozlowskii → Barun Goyot Formation. Length = ~20 centimeters.[3] Protoceratops andrewsi → Djadokhta Formation. Length = 2 meters.[4][5] Protoceratops hellenikorhinus → Bayan Mandahu Formation. Length = 2 meters.[4][5] References ↑ (2008). "Adaptive Features of Protoceratopsids (Ornithischia: Neoceratopsia)". Paleontological Journal 42 (3): 50−64. DOI:10.1134/S003103010803009X. ↑ (2019). "The postcranial skeleton of Bagaceratops (Ornithischia: Neoceratopsia) from the Baruungoyot Formation (Upper Cretaceous) in Hermiin Tsav of southwestern Gobi, Mongolia". Journal of the Geological Society of Korea 55: 179−190. DOI:10.14770/jgsk.2019.55.2.179. ↑ (1975). "Protoceratopsidae (Dinosauria) of Asia". Palaeontologia Polonica 33: 134−143. ↑ a b (2007) Dinosaurs: The Most Complete, Up-to-Date Encyclopedia for Dinosaur Lovers of All Ages, Random House ISBN: 9780375824197. Genus List for Holtz 2012 Weight Information ↑ a b (2016) The Princeton Field Guide to Dinosaurs (2nd ed.), Princeton: Princeton University Press, pp. 282 ISBN: 9780691167664.
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