Xuanhuaceratops

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Xuanhuaceratops
Fossil range: Late Jurassic

Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Sauropsida
Superorder:	Dinosauria
Order:	Ornithischia
Suborder:	Marginocephalia
Infraorder:	Ceratopsia
Family:	Chaoyangsauridae
Genus:	Xuanhuaceratops Zhao et al., 2006

Species

X. niei Zhao et al., 2006 (type)

Xuanhuaceratops is a genus of dinosaur from the Late Jurassic Period. A member of the family Chaoyangsauridae, it was one of the earliest ceratopsians (Weishampel et al. 2004; Xu et al. 2006; Zhao et al. 2006). The fossils were found in Hebei Province, northeastern China.

This dinosaur was described in a report in the journal Acta Geologica Sinica by Chinese paleontologist Zhao Xijin and colleagues. Xuanhuaceratops had previously been mentioned in press as "Xuanhuasaurus", a nomen nudum.

[edit] External links

Xuanhuaceratops (as "Xuanhuasaurus") in the Dinosaur Enyclopaedia at Dino Russ's Lair

[edit] References

Weishampel, D.B., Barrett, P.M., Coria, R.C., Le Loueff, J., Xu X., Zhao X., Sahni, A. Gomani, E.M.P., & Noto, C.R. (2004). "Dinosaur Distribution." In: Weishampel, D.B., Dodson, P., & Osmolska, H. (Eds.). The Dinosauria (2nd Edition). Berkeley: University of California Press. Pp. 517-606.
Xu X., Forster, C.A., Clark, J.M., & Mo J. (2006). "A basal ceratopsian with transitional features from the Late Jurassic of northwestern China." Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. doi:10.1098/rspb.2006.3566 [published online]
Zhao, X., Cheng, Z., Xu., X., and Makovicky, P. J. 2006. "A new ceratopsian from the Upper Jurassic Houcheng Formation of Hebei, China." Acta Geologica Sinica, 80 (4): 467-473