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Sinoceratops zhuchengensis

Reptilia - Ceratopsidae

Taxonomy
Sinoceratops zhuchengensis was named by Xu et al. (2010). Its type specimen is ZCDM V0010, a partial skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Zangjiazhuang quarry (loc. 090413), which is in a Campanian fluvial siltstone/siltstone in the Hongtuya Formation of China. It is the type species of Sinoceratops.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2010Sinoceratops zhuchengensis Lee et al.
2010Sinoceratops zhuchengensis Xu et al. p. 1632 figs. 1-2
2011Sinoceratops zhuchengensis Farke et al. p. 699
2011Sinoceratops zhuchengensis McDonald p. 1
2016Sinoceratops zhuchengensis Lund et al. p. 14
2017Sinoceratops zhuchengensis Manabe et al. p. 29
2020Sinoceratops zhuchengensis Wang et al. p. 959

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
RankNameAuthor
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Ornithischia()
—Genasauria
—Cerapoda
—Marginocephalia
—Ceratopsia()
infraorderNeoceratopsia
—Coronosauria
superfamilyCeratopsoidea
familyCeratopsidae
subfamilyCentrosaurinae
genusSinoceratops
specieszhuchengensis

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Sinoceratops zhuchengensis Xu et al. 2010
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
X. Xu et al. 2010Large centrosaurine ceratopsid with at least ten robust, strongly curved horn-like processes along the posterior margin of the parietals and at least four horn-like processes on the squamosals. It is also different from other centrosaurine in the following features: a large accessory fenestra anterior to the antorbital fenestra, weakly undulated external margin of the parietals and broadly based epoccipitals.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatiteo
Entire body: yeso
Adult length: 10 to < 100o
Adult width: 1.0 to < 10o
Adult height: 1.0 to < 10o
Architecture: compact or denseo
Ontogeny: accretion, modification of partso
Grouping: gregariouso
Environment: terrestrialsubo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: ground dwellingsubo
Diet: herbivoresubo
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2005-09-15 11:08:09
Modified: 2005-09-15 13:08:09
Source: subo = suborder, o = order
References: Norman and Weishampel 1991, Marsh 1875

Age range: Campanian or 83.60000 to 72.10000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Campanian83.6 - 72.1China (Shandong) Sinoceratops zhuchengensis (type locality: 96815)