Zhuchengceratops
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Zhuchengceratops
DV-0765 · type species Zhuchengceratops inexpectus
- Lived
- 84 to 72 million years ago, Late Cretaceous
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Group
- Ceratopsians, Leptoceratopsidae
- Found in
- China
- Named by
- Xu et al. 2010
Field notes
About Zhuchengceratops
Zhuchengceratops was a plant-eating ceratopsian that lived in the Late Cretaceous, 84 to 72 million years ago. It belongs to the family Leptoceratopsidae.
The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Zhuchengceratops, from China. Its fossils come from the Hongtuya Formation. It was named by Xu et al. in 2010.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
80 million years ago
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations.
Close relatives
Other members of Leptoceratopsidae.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: X. Xu, K. Wang, and X. Zhao, C. Sullivan, S. Chen. 2010. A new leptoceratopsid (Ornithischia: Ceratopsia) from the Upper Cretaceous of Shandong, China and its implications for neoceratopsian evolution. PLoS One 5(11/e13835):1-14