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Hi, paleo pals, I'm Deena Soris.
My guest today is a fossil of a Protoceratops . This dashing dino was dug up in the Gobi Desert in Mongolia during the 1920s .
Paleontologists named this kind of dinosaur Protoceratops andrewsi (pro-toh-SER-uh-tops an-DROO-zee) in honor of the last name of the guy who led the expeditions that discovered him — Roy Chapman Andrews . Please slap your bony hands together for my very close fossil friend..."Proto Andy!"
PROTO ANDY: Thanks. It's great to see you again, Deena.
![Cartoon of a Protoceratops fossil skeleton.](/var/ezflow_site/storage/images/media/amnh/images/explore/ology-images/paleontology/face-to-fossil/protoandy/2686806-1-eng-US/protoandy_full_495.gif 358w,/var/ezflow_site/storage/images/media/amnh/images/explore/ology-images/paleontology/face-to-fossil/protoandy/2686806-1-eng-US/protoandy_full_990.gif 358w,/var/ezflow_site/storage/images/media/amnh/images/explore/ology-images/paleontology/face-to-fossil/protoandy/2686806-1-eng-US/protoandy_full_1468.gif 358w,/var/ezflow_site/storage/images/media/amnh/images/explore/ology-images/paleontology/face-to-fossil/protoandy/2686806-1-eng-US/protoandy_full_1980.gif 358w,/var/ezflow_site/storage/images/media/amnh/images/explore/ology-images/paleontology/face-to-fossil/protoandy/2686806-1-eng-US/protoandy_full_2475.gif 358w)
Image Credits:
Illustrations: Deena Soris and Proto Andy: Jim Steck