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A nest ofProtoceratops andrewsi(Dinosauria, Ornithischia)

Year: 2011

Type: article

Abstract: A remarkable specimen of the small neoceratopsian dinosaurProtoceratops andrewsi(Late Cretaceous, Mongolia) reveals the first nest of this genus, complete with fifteen juveniles. The relatively large size of the individuals and their advanced state of development suggests the possibility thatProtoceratopsjuveniles remained and grew in their nests during at least the early stages of postnatal development. The nest further implies that parental care and sociality are phylogenetically basal behaviors in Ceratopsia. Finally, it reaffirms the conclusion thatProtoceratopslived (and died) in the sandy aeolian dune fields of the central Asian craton.

Source: Journal of Paleontology

DOI: 10.1666/11-008.1

Authors: D. E. Fastovsky, D. B. Weishampel, M. Watabe, R. Barsbold, Kh. Tsogtbaatar, P. Narmandakh

Institutions: University of Rhode Island, Johns Hopkins University, Hayashibara Museum of Natural Sciences, Mongolian Academy of Sciences

Language: English

Topic: Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology

Subfield: Paleontology

Field: Earth and Planetary Sciences

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W1978798578

FWCI: 1.244

Cites: 37

Cited by: 42

Related to: 10