Hualianceratops

Hu-ah-le-an-seh-rah-tops.
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Benjamin Gutierrez

Vertebrate Paleontologist

Benjamin Gutierrez is a leading expert on dinosaurs, particularly the mighty theropods. His fieldwork in South America has uncovered new species and provided insights into dinosaur social structures.

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Name

Hualianceratops ‭(‬ornamental horned face‭)‬.

Phonetic

Hu-ah-le-an-seh-rah-tops.

Named By

F.‭ ‬Han,‭ ‬C.‭ ‬A.‭ ‬Forster,‭ ‬J.‭ ‬M.‭ ‬Clark‭ & ‬X.‭ ‬Xu‭ ‬-‭ ‬2015.

Classification

Chordata,‭ ‬Reptilia,‭ ‬Dinosauria,‭ ‬Ornithischia,‭ Ceratopsian, ‬Chaoyangsauridae.

Diet

Herbivore.

Species

H.‭ ‬wucaiwanensis‭

Size

Skull roughly estimated about‭ ‬24.5‭ ‬centimetres long.‭ ‬Total body length uncertain due to lack of remains.

Known locations

China,‭ ‬Xinjiang‭ ‬-‭ ‬Shishugou Formation.

Time Period

Oxfordian of the Jurassic.

Fossil representation

Partial skull and jaws.‭ ‬Some partial post cranial bones are known.

In Depth

       Hualianceratops is a genus of small ceratopsian dinosaur that lived in China during the Late Jurassic.‭ ‬Identified as a member of‭ ‬the Chaoyangsauridae group of ceratopsians,‭ ‬Hualianceratops would have been a small and bipedal herbivore.

Further Reading

-‭ ‬A new taxon of basal ceratopsian from China and the early evolution of Ceratopsia.‭ – ‬PLoS ONE‭ ‬10‭(‬12‭)‬:e0143369:1-23.‭ ‬-‭ ‬F.‭ ‬Han,‭ ‬C.‭ ‬A.‭ ‬Forster,‭ ‬J.‭ ‬M.‭ ‬Clark‭ & ‬X.‭ ‬Xu‭ ‬-‭ ‬2015.

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