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Two ornithischian dinosaurs renamed: Microceratops Bohlin 1953 and Diceratops Lull 1905

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 May 2016

Octávio Mateus
Octávio Mateus*
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Museu da Lourinhã, Rua João Luis de Moura, 2530-157 Lourinhã, Portugal, & Centro de Estudos Geológicos, FCT, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal,
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The Ceratopsian dinosaur genera Diceratops Lull, 1905 and Microceratops Bohlin, 1953 are preoccupied by the Hymenoptera insects, Diceratops Foerster, 1868 and Microceratops Seyrig, 1952, respectively. Therefore, the name of the ceratopsian dinosaur Diceratops Lull, 1905 from the Late Cretaceous of United States is a junior homonym of the hymenoptera Diceratops Foerster, 1868. Diceratus n. gen. (Greek di = “two,” Greek ceratos = “horned”) is proposed as the replacement name of Diceratops Lull, 1905. Some workers have considered Diceratops synonymous with Triceratops (e.g., Dodson and Currie, 1990) but it was reinstated by Forster (1996) after analysis of the characteristics of all existing ceratopsid skulls, and recent reviews (e.g., Dodson et al., 2004) have considered Diceratops a valid genus.

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Journal of Paleontology , Volume 82 , Issue 2 , March 2008 , pp. 423
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