Helioceratops brachygnathus Jin et al. 2009 (leptoceratopsid)

Reptilia - Ornithischia - Leptoceratopsidae

Full reference: L. Jin, J. Chen, S. Zan and P. Godefroit. 2009. A new basal neoceratopsian dinosaur from the middle Cretaceous of Jilin Province, China. Acta Geologica Sinica 83(2):200-206

Belongs to Helioceratops according to E. M. Morschhauser et al. 2019

See also Amiot et al. 2010, Jin et al. 2009 and Tanoue and Okazaki 2014

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: JLUM L0204-Y-3, a mandible. Its type locality is Shanqian, Liufangzi, Gongzhuling quarry, which is in an Aptian/Albian fluvial-lacustrine mudstone/sandstone in the Quantou Formation of China.

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at Shanqian, Liufangzi, Gongzhuling quarry

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