Ceratopsia
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Ceratopsia is a group of herbivorous, beaked dinosaurs best known for their elaborate facial horns and neck frills, including famous genera like Triceratops.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Ceratopsia canonical | 7 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7575569 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ceratopsia Context triple: [Dinosauria, hasMember, Ceratopsia]
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A.
Sus cebifrons
Sus cebifrons is a critically endangered wild pig species native to the Visayan Islands of the Philippines, known for its small size, dark bristly coat, and distinctive facial markings.
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B.
Lasiorhinus
Lasiorhinus is a genus of burrowing marsupials known as hairy-nosed wombats native to Australia.
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C.
Menoceras
Menoceras is an extinct genus of small, horned rhinoceros that lived in North America during the early Miocene epoch.
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D.
Trigonoceps occipitalis
Trigonoceps occipitalis, commonly known as the white-headed vulture, is a large African bird of prey distinguished by its white head, dark body, and strong hooked beak adapted for scavenging.
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E.
Sigmoceros
Sigmoceros is a genus of African antelopes in the subfamily Alcelaphinae, best known for including the topi and related species.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ceratopsia Target entity description: Ceratopsia is a group of herbivorous, beaked dinosaurs best known for their elaborate facial horns and neck frills, including famous genera like Triceratops.
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A.
Sus cebifrons
Sus cebifrons is a critically endangered wild pig species native to the Visayan Islands of the Philippines, known for its small size, dark bristly coat, and distinctive facial markings.
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B.
Lasiorhinus
Lasiorhinus is a genus of burrowing marsupials known as hairy-nosed wombats native to Australia.
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C.
Menoceras
Menoceras is an extinct genus of small, horned rhinoceros that lived in North America during the early Miocene epoch.
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D.
Trigonoceps occipitalis
Trigonoceps occipitalis, commonly known as the white-headed vulture, is a large African bird of prey distinguished by its white head, dark body, and strong hooked beak adapted for scavenging.
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E.
Sigmoceros
Sigmoceros is a genus of African antelopes in the subfamily Alcelaphinae, best known for including the topi and related species.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (61)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
dinosaur clade
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ornithischian dinosaur group ⓘ |
| clade | Marginocephalia ⓘ |
| class | Reptilia ⓘ |
| containsGroup |
basal ceratopsians
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centrosaurines ⓘ chasmosaurines ⓘ coronosaurians ⓘ neoceratopsians ⓘ |
| diet | herbivorous ⓘ |
| distinctiveFeature |
bony neck frill
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facial horns ⓘ jugals often forming cheek horns or flanges ⓘ laterally expanded frill in many derived forms ⓘ parrot-like beak ⓘ rostral bone forming upper beak ⓘ |
| etymology | derived from Greek for “horned faces” ⓘ |
| firstAppearance | Late Jurassic ⓘ |
| fossilRecord |
abundant in Late Cretaceous formations of western North America
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well represented in Cretaceous deposits of Mongolia and China ⓘ |
| frillFunction |
likely used for display
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likely used for species recognition ⓘ |
| geographicDistribution | primarily Asia and North America ⓘ |
| hornFunction | likely used in defense and intraspecific combat ⓘ |
| includesTaxon |
Achelousaurus
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Anchiceratops ⓘ Arrhinoceratops ⓘ Bagaceratops ⓘ Centrosaurus ⓘ Chasmosaurus ⓘ Diabloceratops ⓘ Einiosaurus ⓘ Leptoceratops ⓘ
linked to:
Leptoceratops gracilis
Monoclonius ⓘ Montanoceratops ⓘ Pachyrhinosaurus ⓘ Protoceratops ⓘ Psittacosaurus ⓘ Styracosaurus ⓘ Torosaurus ⓘ
linked to:
Centrosaurus
Triceratops ⓘ Zuniceratops ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| lastAppearance | end-Cretaceous mass extinction ⓘ |
| locomotion |
bipedal or facultatively bipedal in basal forms
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quadrupedal in most derived taxa ⓘ |
| order | Ornithischia ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| reproduction | oviparous ⓘ |
| socialBehavior | evidence for gregarious or herd behavior in several genera ⓘ |
| subdivision |
Ceratopsidae
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Chaoyangsauridae ⓘ Leptoceratopsidae ⓘ Protoceratopsidae ⓘ Psittacosauridae ⓘ |
| suborder | Cerapoda ⓘ |
| superorder | Dinosauria ⓘ |
| taxonRank | infraorder ⓘ |
| temporalRange | Late Jurassic to end of Cretaceous ⓘ |
| typicalBodySize |
large, rhinoceros- to elephant-sized in derived ceratopsids
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small to medium in basal forms ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Ceratopsia Description of subject: Ceratopsia is a group of herbivorous, beaked dinosaurs best known for their elaborate facial horns and neck frills, including famous genera like Triceratops.
Referenced by (7)
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