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Protoceratops is a Late Cretaceous surviving genus of Triceratops forefathers. It's easy to mistake Protoceratops itself to be a forefather of Triceratops due to its "primitive" appearance, and taxonomic position (which has less to do with physical evolution than most would assume), as Protoceratops and Triceratops lived at nearly the same time.
Protoceratops have two recognized species; the type species P. andrewsi and the newly named P. hellenikorhinus. It was the size of a dwarf hippopotamus or large pig, and is found mainly in Mongolia.
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