Liaoceratops

Pronunciation:
lyow-serra-tops
Name meaning:
'Liaoning horned face'
Type of dinosaur:
ceratopsian
Diet:
herbivorous
When it lived:
Early Cretaceous, 127-121 million years ago
Found in:
China

Two almost complete Liaoceratops skulls have been found.

Taxonomic details

Taxonomy:
Dinosauria, Ornithischia, Ceratopsia, Neoceratopsia
Named by:
Xu, Makovicky, Wang, Norell and You (2002)
Type species:
yanzigouensis

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