Chaoyangsaurus
Field photograph to come
Chaoyangsaurus
DV-0436
- Lived
- 152 to 133 million years ago, Late Jurassic to Early Cretaceous
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Length
- about 1.1 m (4 ft)
- Group
- Ceratopsians, Chaoyangsauridae
- Found in
- China
- Named by
- Zhao et al. 1999
Field notes
About Chaoyangsaurus
Chaoyangsaurus was a plant-eating ceratopsian that lived in the Late Jurassic to Early Cretaceous, 152 to 133 million years ago. It belongs to the family Chaoyangsauridae.
The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Chaoyangsaurus, from China. Its fossils come from the Tuchengzi Formation. It was named by Zhao et al. in 1999.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
140 million years ago
To scale
How big was Chaoyangsaurus?
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations.
Close relatives
Other members of Chaoyangsauridae.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: X. Zhao, Z. Cheng, and X. Xu. 1999. The earliest ceratopsian from the Tuchengzi Formation of Liaoning, China. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 19(4):681-697