Name
Hualianceratops (ornamental horned face).
Phonetic
Hu-ah-le-an-seh-rah-tops.
Named By
F. Han, C. A. Forster, J. M. Clark & X. Xu - 2015.
Classification
Chordata, Reptilia, Dinosauria, Ornithischia, Ceratopsian, Chaoyangsauridae.
Diet
Herbivore.
Species
H. wucaiwanensis
Size
Skull roughly estimated about 24.5 centimetres long. Total body length uncertain due to lack of remains.
Known locations
China, Xinjiang - Shishugou Formation.
Time Period
Oxfordian of the Jurassic.
Fossil representation
Partial skull and jaws. Some partial post cranial bones are known.
Hualianceratops is a genus of small ceratopsian dinosaur that lived in China during the Late Jurassic. Identified as a member of the Chaoyangsauridae group of ceratopsians, Hualianceratops would have been a small and bipedal herbivore.
- A new taxon of basal ceratopsian from China and the early evolution of Ceratopsia. – PLoS ONE 10(12):e0143369:1-23. - F. Han, C. A. Forster, J. M. Clark & X. Xu - 2015.
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