Bainoceratops

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This just in from Jerry Harris:

Haven't seen this paper yet, but it's listed in the latest issue of
_Paleontological Journal_ (37[3]):

Bainoceratops efremovi, a New Protoceratopid Dinosaur
(Protoceratopidae, Neoceratopsia) from the Bain-Dzak Locality
(South Mongolia)

V. S. Tereschenko and V. R. Alifanov

Abstract-A new horned dinosaur, Bainoceratops efremovi gen. et sp. nov., is
described on the basis of verte-
bral series from the well-known Bain-Dzak locality (Mongolia). The new form
is distinguished from Protocer-
atops andrewsi Granger et Gregory, 1923, which is typical of Djadokhta
deposits, by vertebral morphology and
shows close relationships to Udanoceratops tschizhovi Kurzanov, 1992 and
Leptoceratops gracilis Brown,
1914 in the following characters. The cranial surfaces of the centra of the
presacral vertebrae are concave, while
the caudal surfaces are flat. The diapophyses of the ninth dorsal vertebra
are round in cross section, and the
interprezygapophyseal spaces in this and the next vertebra are narrow. The
synapophyseal facets of the poste-
riormost dorsal vertebra are sculptured.

--I like "protoceratopid" and "Protoceratopidae" (heh heh). "Neoceratopsia," 
however, is another matter.