# Protoceratops (Protoceratops andrewsi) — DinoLand

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### id=28: Protoceratops (Protoceratops andrewsi)

- URL: https://www.dinoland.ai/species.html?lang=zu&id=28
- Diet: I-Herbivore
- Era: I-Cretaceous
- Period: Eminyakeni eyizigidi ezingama-75-71 edlule
- Length: 2 m
- Weight: ≈180 кг
- Height: 1 m
- Speed: ≈25 km/h
- Habitat: Amasimu endunduma ye-Eolian aphazanyiswa ama-oases
- Region: I-Mongolia (Gobi Desert)
- Discovered: Ngo-1923, uhambo lukaRoy Chapman Andrews oluse-Central Asiatic Expeditions

Fact: “Umphikisi ‘Wokulwa Nama-Dinosaurs’—imidlalo yasogwadule engenazimpondo ezinde.”

Description: Protoceratops yande kuzo zonke izindunduma ezandulele i-Nemegt ye-Gobi, idlala ngendlela ejabulisayo kodwa ingenazo izimpondo ezinde ze-ceratopsids. Ukulandelelwa kwesidleke kubonisa ukuziphatha okuqaphile kokufukamela. Iqhaza layo elivamile njenge-Velociraptor inyamazane igcizelela ukuziphendukela kwemvelo okuyinkimbinkimbi kwe-predator–prey ezindaweni ezomile zaseLate Cretaceous.

Features:
  - I-parietal frill ende imunce ukugoba okubheke eceleni ngesikhathi sokushova okungaphakathi kwe-intraspecific
  - Izidleke ezithwala i-clutch zisho ukuya kwabazali okunwetshiwe
  - Ubuso obusanti bafaka izilwane ngendlela emangalisayo

Related genera: Triceratops, Centrosaurus, Leptoceratops


## Ingcaphuno

Field Journal — I-Dinosaur Encyclopedia — https://www.dinoland.ai

Web: https://www.dinoland.ai/species.html?lang=zu&id=28
Index: https://www.dinoland.ai/llms-zu.txt