†Protoceratops Granger and Gregory 1923 (ornithischian)
PaleoDB taxon number: 38848
Synonym: Bainoceratops Tereschenko and Alifanov 2003 (taxon 85991)
Full reference: W. Granger and W. K. Gregory. 1923. Protoceratops andrewsi, a pre-ceratopsian dinosaur from Mongolia, with an appendix on the structural relationships of the Protoceratops beds. American Museum Novitates 72:1-9
Parent taxon: Protoceratopsidae according to B. Kim et al. 2019
Sister taxa: Asiaceratopsinae, Bagaceratops, Magnirostris
Subtaxa: Protoceratops andrewsi, Protoceratops hellenikorhinus
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore