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Chaoyangsauridae

Hualianceratops

Generic ceratopsian body-plan outline
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Hualianceratops 1.2 m (3.9 ft) long
as long as 2 people standing fingertip to fingertip
generic ceratopsian body plan, scaled to length — not a silhouette of Hualianceratops
Length
1.2 m (3.9 ft)
Period
Late Jurassic (160 Mya)
Place
Asia · China
Food
Herbivore
Clade
Chaoyangsauridae

Hualianceratops is a genus of herbivorous ceratopsian dinosaur that lived about 160 million years ago in the Late Jurassic epoch in what is now western China. The single species, H. wucaiwanensis was described in 2015. Its size has been compared to that of a spaniel.

What we know

  • Named by Han et al., 2015.
  • Body length estimated at about 1.2 m.
  • Fossils found in Asia and China.

What we guess

The reconstruction notes for Hualianceratops — soft tissue, color, behavior — haven't been written up yet. Only the recorded basics above are filled in so far.