Protoceratops: quick facts

Discovered in China and Mongolia, this forerunner of thehorned dinosaurs was the first dinosaur known through every stage of life. Potato-shaped eggs, found in the 1920's by Roy Chapman Andrews, were

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Reference background: Natural History Museum, London — Dinosaurs; Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History — Dinosaurs; American Museum of Natural History — Dinosaurs & Fossils. Figures are typical published ranges; taxonomy follows the source era and modern consensus is noted where it differs. See our sources & fact-check policy.