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| name = ''Ligmaceratops'' | | name = ''Ligmaceratops'' | ||
| image = Torosaurus, is it? (20752673005).jpg | | image = Torosaurus, is it? (20752673005).jpg | ||
| image_caption = Holotype skeleton, | | image_caption = Holotype skeleton, Stretton Museum of Nature | ||
| display_parents = 2 | | display_parents = 2 | ||
| fossil_range = {{wpl|Late Jurassic}} & {{wpl|Early Cretaceous}}, <br/>{{Geological range|145|135}} | | fossil_range = {{wpl|Late Jurassic}} & {{wpl|Early Cretaceous}}, <br/>{{Geological range|145|135}} | ||
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==Name== | ==Name== | ||
''Ligmaceratops'' takes its genus name from the proto-Gothic ''*līmaz'' meaning "lime" as the holotype was discovered in [[Great Lime Quarry]], [[ | ''Ligmaceratops'' takes its genus name from the proto-Gothic ''*līmaz'' meaning "lime" as the holotype was discovered in [[Great Lime Quarry]], [[Anglei]]. The name thus translates as "lime horn face" or "horned face from lime". The specific name ''L. sugondesenus'' is named in honour of two of the chief members of [[Jour & Leon]]'s 1931 dig that uncovered the first ''Ligmaceratops'', [[Anglei|Ænglish]] paleontologist Carl Sugon and [[Urcea|Urcean]] geologist J. Desenus. | ||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
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[[Category:Paleontology]] | [[Category:Paleontology]] | ||
[[Category:Greater Levantine Formation]] | [[Category:Greater Levantine Formation]] | ||
[[Category: | [[Category:Anglei]] | ||
[[Category:Yonderre]] | [[Category:Yonderre]] | ||
[[Category:Canonical Article]] | [[Category:Canonical Article]] | ||