Zhuchengceratops inexpectus Xu et al. 2010 (leptoceratopsid)

Reptilia - Ornithischia - Leptoceratopsidae

Full reference: X. Xu, K. Wang, X. Zhao, C. Sullivan, and S. Chen. 2010. A new leptoceratopsid (Ornithischia: Ceratopsia) from the Upper Cretaceous of Shandong, China and its implications for neoceratopsian evolution. PLoS One 5(11/e13835):1-14

Belongs to Zhuchengceratops according to X. Xu et al. 2010

See also Ryan et al. 2012 and Wang et al. 2020

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: ZCDM V0015, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is Kugou Quarry, Zhucheng, which is in a Campanian terrestrial sandstone in the Hongtuya Formation of China.

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at Kugou Quarry, Zhucheng

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