Dinosaurs Around the World · Drawing 27 of 40
Protoceratops
Asia · Cretaceous
Protoceratops had a beak and bony frill. This plant-eater lacked Triceratops’s three long horns.
Did you know?
Fossils have been found in Mongolia and China.
Look together
What do these two frilled dinosaurs share?
An idea to try
Find this continent on the opening map, then compare two outlines.
For the adult reading along
A little more to discover
Protoceratops andrewsi is a small Late Cretaceous ceratopsian. The words “first horned face” in its name should not become a claim that it was the first of the entire group. Fossils allow comparison of features; a name is not evidence.
Look together: What do these two frilled dinosaurs share? Find this continent on the opening map, then compare two outlines.
Sources and illustration notes (1)
Simplified reconstruction. Pose, unpreserved tissues and setting are interpreted. Choose your own colours; animals are not to one scale.
These links lead to other websites. Explore them with an adult. References identify the institution and the related lesson; some linked pages are in French.
- Natural History Museum: ProtoceratopsCompare a small frilled dinosaur with the later, larger Triceratops.
Source review: 2026-10-03. Illustrations are simplified for colouring.
