Xuanhuaceratops Xuanhuaceratops
"Xuanhua horned face"
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Xuanhuaceratops 5 m (16.4 ft) long
3 people holding hands
- Length
- 5 m (16.4 ft)
- Period
- Late Jurassic (150.8–145.5 Mya)
- Place
- China
- Food
- Herbivore
- Clade
- Chaoyangsauridae
Xuanhuaceratops (meaning “Xuanhua horned face”) is a genus of dinosaur from the Late Jurassic Period. The genus was in 2006 dated to the Tithonian, 150.8-145.5 million years ago. A member of the family Chaoyangsauridae, it was one of the earliest ceratopsians. The fossils were found in the Houcheng Formation of Hebei Province, northeastern China.
What we know
- Named by Zhao et al., 2006.
- Fossils found in China.