Turanoceratops tardabilis--the first ceratopsid dinosaur from Asia.
Turanoceratops tardabilis from the Upper Cretaceous (Turonian) Bissekty Formation of Dzharakuduk, Uzbekistan, represents the first definite ceratopsid dinosaur recorded from Asia. Reexamination of the original and study of newly collected material indicate that Turanoceratops has well-developed supraorbital horns and apparently lacks a nasal horn. Turanoceratops is more derived than the more or less coeval Zuniceratops from the Moreno Hill Formation of New Mexico in the presence of double-rooted teeth and of two or three teeth in each vertical dental file.
Sues
Hans-Dieter
HD
National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, MRC 106, PO Box 37012, Washington, DC 20013-7012, USA. suesh@si.edu
Averianov
Alexander
A
D000818:Animals; D001208:Asia; D003817:Dentition; D025061:Dinosaurs; D005580:Fossils; D007839:Functional Laterality; D006733:Horns / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D008437:Maxilla / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D014070:Tooth / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D014610:Uzbekistan