Xuanhuaceratops

Taxobox
name = "Xuanhuaceratops"
fossil_range = Late Jurassic
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Sauropsida
superordo = Dinosauria
ordo = Ornithischia
subordo = Marginocephalia
infraordo = Ceratopsia
familia = Chaoyangsauridae
genus = "Xuanhuaceratops"
genus_authority=Zhao "et al.", 2006
subdivision_ranks=Species
subdivision=
*"X. niei" Zhao "et al.", 2006 (type)

"Xuanhuaceratops" is a genus of dinosaur from the Late Jurassic Period. 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".

External links

* [http://www.dinoruss.com/de_4/5ce89ee.htm "Xuanhuaceratops" (as "Xuanhuasaurus") in the Dinosaur Enyclopaedia] at Dino Russ's Lair

References

*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