241: Halonggood (好龙谷) Pentaceratops (2023) Review

There are some dinosaurs that have been pretty well-known for a while, with decent fossil remains, but for unfathomable reasons haven’t had a model made by one of the usual suspects. Pentaceratops is one such dinosaur.

Originally thought to have extra long epijugals that merit the description of “five-horned”, we now know that this wasn’t very unusual among ceratopsians. Still, one thing sticks out… that incredible long frill and resulting tall head. Finally, we have a nice representation from Haolonggood, and hence, my very first Pentaceratops model.

Other than some anatomical misses, both the detail and the paint apps are a wonderful credit to the star of the day, and it’s a happy day indeed for my ceratopsian collection to finally add this elusive dinosaur to the family!

𝗨𝘀𝗲𝗳𝘂𝗹 𝗥𝗲𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲𝘀:
Fowler DW, Freedman Fowler EA. 2020. Transitional evolutionary forms in chasmosaurine ceratopsid dinosaurs: evidence from the Campanian of New Mexico. PeerJ 8:e9251 DOI 10.7717/peerj.9251

Fry, Joshua J., 2015. Redescription Of A Specimen Of Pentaceratops (Ornithischia: Ceratopsidae) And Phylogenetic Evaluation Of Five Referred Specimens From The Upper Cretaceous Of New Mexico. Master's Theses. 45.

Longrich, NR. 2011. Titanoceratops Ouranos, a giant horned dinosaur from the late Campanian of New Mexico. Cretaceous Research. June 2011. DOI: 10.1016/j.cretres.2010.12.007


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