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Ceratopsia
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Ceratopsia [‚ser·ə′täp·sē·ə]
(paleontology)
The horned dinosaurs, a suborder of Upper Cretaceous reptiles in the order Ornithischia.


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Now, the discovery of the fossils of several young dinosaurs in one small space suggests that an ancestor of ceratopsians exhibited social behavior millions of years before their group gained large distinctive decorations.
Ceratopsian (horned) dinosaurs can be distinguished from one another by the ornamentation on their frills that extend shield-like from the back of their skulls.
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