Xuanhuaceratops
Field photograph to come
Xuanhuaceratops
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- Lived
- 152 to 133 million years ago, Late Jurassic to Early Cretaceous
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Group
- Ceratopsians, Chaoyangsauridae
- Found in
- China
- Named by
- Zhao et al. 2006
Field notes
About Xuanhuaceratops
Xuanhuaceratops 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 Xuanhuaceratops, from China. Its fossils come from the Tuchengzi Formation. It was named by Zhao et al. in 2006.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
140 million years ago
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, P. J. Makovicky. 2006. A new ceratopsian from the Upper Jurassic Houcheng Formation of Hebei, China. Acta Geologica Sinica 80(4):467-473