Xuanhuaceratops
| Xuanhuaceratops Temporal range: Late Jurassic, 148Ma | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Dinosauria |
| Order: | †Ornithischia |
| Suborder: | †Ceratopsia |
| Family: | †Chaoyangsauridae |
| Genus: | †Xuanhuaceratops Zhao et al., 2006 |
| Species: | † X. niei |
| Binomial name | |
| Xuanhuaceratops niei Zhao et al., 2006 | |
Xuanhuaceratops is a genus of dinosaur from the Late Jurassic Period (dated to million years ago).[1] 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.
References
- ↑ Holtz, Thomas R. Jr. (2011) Dinosaurs: The Most Complete, Up-to-Date Encyclopedia for Dinosaur Lovers of All Ages, Winter 2010 Appendix.
- 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