@article { ref2, title = {Two ornithischian dinosaurs renamed: Microceratops Bohlin 1953 and Diceratops Lull 1905}, journal = {Journal of Paleontology}, volume = {82}, number = {2}, year = {2008}, note = {

ISSN 0022-3360

}, pages = {423}, abstract = {

dinosaur genera Diceratops Lull, 1905 and Microceratops Bohlin, 1953 are preoccupied by the Hymenoptera insects, Diceratops Foerster, 1868 and Microceratops Seyrig, 1952, respectively. Therefore, the name of the ceratopsian dinosaur Diceratops Lull, 1905 from the Late Cretaceous of United States is a junior homonym of the hymenoptera Diceratops Foerster, 1868. Diceratus n. gen. (Greek di {\textquoteleft}{\textquoteleft}two,{\textquoteright}{\textquoteright} Greek ceratos {\textquoteleft}{\textquoteleft}horned{\textquoteright}{\textquoteright}) is proposed as the replacement name of Diceratops Lull, 1905. Some workers have considered Diceratops synonymous with Triceratops (e.g., Dodson and Currie, 1990) but it was reinstated by Forster (1996) after analysis of the characteristics of all existing ceratopsid skulls, and recent reviews (e.g., Dodson et al., 2004) have considered Diceratops a valid genus.
Due to preoccupation, the name of the ceratopsian dinosaur Microceratops Bohlin, 1953 from the Cretaceous of the Gobi is
a junior homonym of the insect Microceratops Seyrig, 1952. Microceratus n. gen. (Greek micro {\textquoteleft}{\textquoteleft}small,{\textquoteright}{\textquoteright} Greek ceratos {\textquoteleft}{\textquoteleft}horned{\textquoteright}{\textquoteright}) is proposed as the replacing name of Microceratops Bohlin, 1953.
Sereno (2000:489) has declared Microceratops a nomen dubium since the holotype material lacks any diagnostic features, a
convention followed by You and Dodson (2004:480). However, the name is still used by Le Loeuff et al. (2002), Lucas (2006),
Alifanov (2003) and Xu et al. (2002), and such practice justifies the renaming of the genus.
In order to preserve some stability, the names chosen here deliberately preserve the same prefixes.

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