- Archaeoceratopsidae
Taxobox
name = Archaeoceratopsids
fossil_range =Early Cretaceous
image_caption = "Archaeoceratops"
regnum =Animal ia
phylum = Chordata
infraclassis =Sauropsid a
superordo =Dinosaur ia
ordo =Ornithischia
subordo =Cerapoda
infraordo =Ceratopsia
familia = Archaeoceratopsidae
familia_authority = Dong & Azuma,1997
subdivision_ranks = Genera
subdivision =
* "Archaeoceratops " (type)
* "Liaoceratops "The Archaeoceratopsidae constitutes a family of primitiveceratopsia ndinosaur from the EarlyCretaceous of China.The group had features similar to the psittacosaurs and leptoceratopsians. They had small frills and barely any horns, only on the sides, and a bump on their snouts. This family includes the genera "
Archaeoceratops " and "Liaoceratops ". They could have walked on two or four legs and had sharp beaks.
Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.