Xuanhuaceratops niei 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

Belongs to Xuanhuaceratops according to X. Zhao et al. 2006

See also Han et al. 2015, Xing et al. 2011 and Yu et al. 2020

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: IVPP 12722, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is Yanjiagou, Xuanhua, which is in a Kimmeridgian/Valanginian terrestrial sandstone in the Tuchengzi Formation of China.

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at Yanjiagou, Xuanhua

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