XUANHUACERATOPS
a plant-eating ceratopsian dinosaur from the Late Jurassic of China.
Pronunciation: schwan-ha-SEH-ruh-tops
Meaning: Xuanhua horned face
Author/s: Zhao
et al. (
2006)
Synonyms: Xuanhuasaurus
First Discovery: Xuanhua, China
Discovery Chart Position: #596
Xuanhuaceratops niei
(Xuanhua horned face)
Etymology
Xuanhuaceratops is derived from "Xuanhua" (for the Xuanhua district where it was discovered) and the Greek "ceras" (horn) and "-ops" (face).
The
species epithet,
niei, honors Nie Rongzhen who made the type specimen available for study.
Discovery
The first remains of
Xuanhuaceratops were discovered in the Houcheng Formation near the village of Yanjiagou, Xuanhua area, northern Hebei Province, China, in the 1970s.
The
holotype (IVPP 12722) is a partial skeleton. Three more specimens were found in 2003.
Estimations
Timeline:
Era: Mesozoic
Epoch: Late Jurassic
Stage: Oxfordian-Kimmeridgian
Age range: 161-151 mya
Stats:
Est. max. length: 1 meters
Est. max. hip height: ?
Est. max. weight: 7 Kg
Diet: Herbivore
References
• Weishampel, DB, Barrett PM, Coria RC, Le Loueff J, Xu X, Zhao X, Sahni A, Gomani EMP and Noto CR (2004) "Dinosaur Distribution". In Weishampel, Dodson and Osmólska (eds.) "
The Dinosauria: Second Edition".
• Zhao X, Cheng Z, Xu X and Makovicky PJ (2006) "A new ceratopsian from the Upper Jurassic Houcheng Formation of Hebei, China".
Acta Geologica Sinica, 80(4): 467-473. DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-6724.2006.tb00265.x.
• Paul GS (2010) "
The Princeton Field Guide to Dinosaurs".
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