Name: Beg
(named after the deity Beg-tse).
Phonetic: Beg.
Named By: Congyu Yu, Albert Prieto-Marquez,
Tsogtbaatar Chinzorig, Zorigt Badamkhatan & Mark Norell
- 2020.
Classification: Chordata, Reptilia, Dinosaur,
Ornithischia, Ceratopsia, Neoceratopsia.
Species: B. tse (type).
Diet: Herbivore.
Size: Holotype skull about 14 centimetres long.
Known locations: Mongolia - Ulaanoosh Formation.
Time period: Late (Cenomanian?) of the
Cretaceous.
Fossil representation: Partial skull.
The
dinosaur Beg is a genus of ceratopsian
dinosaur that lived in Asia
during the late Cretaceous. The full type species combination of this
dinosaur is Beg tse, and is derived from the
himalayan deity
Beg-tse, an ancient god of war usually depicted
with a ferocious face.
Further reading
- A neoceratopsian dinosaur from the early Cretaceous of Mongolia and
the early evolution of ceratopsia. - Communications Biology. 3
(1): 1–8. - Congyu Yu, Albert Prieto-Marquez,
Tsogtbaatar Chinzorig, Zorigt Badamkhatan & Mark Norell
- 2020.
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