Xuanhuaceratops Zhao et al. 2006 (ceratopsian)

Reptilia - Ornithischia - Chaoyangsauridae

Full reference: X. Zhao, Z. Cheng, X. Xu and P. J. Makovicky. 2006. A new ceratopsian from the Upper Jurassic Houcheng Formation of Hebei, China. Acta Geologica Sinica 80(4):467-473

Parent taxon: Chaoyangsauridae according to C. Yu et al. 2020

See also Han et al. 2015, Morschhauser et al. 2019, Morschhauser et al. 2019, Zhao et al. 2006 and Zheng et al. 2015

Sister taxa: Chaoyangsaurus, Hualianceratops, Stenopelix, Xuanhuasaurus niei, Yinlong

Subtaxa: Xuanhuaceratops niei

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Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at Yanjiagou, Xuanhua (Jurassic of China)

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