Graciliceratops

Graciliceratops (meaning "slender horned face") is a genus of neoceratopsian dinosaurs that lived in Asia during the Late Cretaceous period.

==Discovery and naming== left|thumb|Cretaceous-aged dinosaur fossil localities of Mongolia; Graciliceratops fossils have been collected near Sainshand at area D (right) The holotype, ZPAL MgD-I/156, was discovered at the Bayan Shireh Formation in Mongolia, coming from the Sheeregeen Gashoon locality near Sainshand. The discoveries were made during field exploration by the Polish-Mongolian Palaeontological Expedition, in 1971. Four years later, in 1975, the specimen was described by Teresa Maryańska and Halszka Osmólska and referred to the genus Microceratops. However, Paul Sereno noted that the referral for this specimen was injustified and overall, the genus lacked diagnosis, therefore, Microceratops (now named Microceratus) was considered a nomen dubium. The referred specimen was redescribed by him, creating a new genus and species: Graciliceratops mongoliensis.