It lived in the Cretaceous period and inhabited Asia. Its fossils have been found in places such as Gansu (China), Bayankhongor (Mongolia) and Inner Mongolia (China). Quick facts about Protoceratops: Existed from 145 million years ago to 66 million years ago.

What environment did the Protoceratops live in?

Protoceratops, (genus Protoceratops), ceratopsian dinosaur found as fossils in the Gobi Desert from 80-million-year-old deposits of the Late Cretaceous Period. Protoceratops was a predecessor of the more familiar horned dinosaurs such as Triceratops.

Where was Protoceratops found?

Protoceratops was first discovered in Mongolia, and a great many specimens have since been found in that nation and in northern China.