You know how deer can have multiple points and elephant tusks are often different.
I think a lot of the ceratops in the picture are actually of the same species and just have a different amount of growth in their horns and neck ridge. The smaller ones are likely just younger...I can accept speciation (gazelle, white tail deer, mule deer, reindeer, etc) in the ceratops, but too many of these look too close together for me...
That’s my hypothesis. I suppose the only way to confirm it would be to do DNA testing of the various versions.
I've heard/read that precise thing said about several dinosaur species, including them, the Ceratopsians, in various documentaries and online articles.
Plus how come they are all in North America (except the sole Chinese one)...where are all the South American, Australian, Africa, and European ceratops? Was there a wall built to keep them all in one place? Was the Chinese certops an outcast among Asian dinosaurs because he had no cousins?
“I think a lot of the ceratops in the picture are actually of the same species and just have a different amount of growth in their horns and neck ridge”
Yeah I have that theory as well. They seem rather quick to declare something a new species.