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Chaoyangsauridae

Chaoyangosaurus CHAOYA-ngo-SOR-us

Generic ceratopsian body-plan outline
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Chaoyangosaurus 5 m (16.4 ft) long
as long as 3 people standing fingertip to fingertip
generic ceratopsian body plan, scaled to length — not a silhouette of Chaoyangosaurus
Length
5 m (16.4 ft)
Period
Early Cretaceous (152.2–132.6 Mya)
Food
Herbivore
Clade
Chaoyangsauridae

Chaoyangosaurus is a chaoyangsauridae known from the Cretaceous period, of uncertain origin. Most of what’s published comes from a small number of specimens, and the fuller picture of how it lived is still being worked out.

What we know

  • Originally named by Zhao and Cheng 1983.