Mosaiceratops azumai Zheng et al. 2015 (ceratopsian)

Reptilia - Ornithischia

Full reference: W. Zheng, X. Jin, and X. Xu. 2015. A psittacosaurid-like basal neoceratopsian from the Upper Cretaceous of central China and its implications for basal ceratopsian evolution. Scientific Reports 5:14190:1-9

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

See also Zheng et al. 2015

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: ZMNH M8856, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is west bank, Tuanhe River, which is in a Turonian/Campanian terrestrial horizon in the Majiacun Formation of China.

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at west bank, Tuanhe River

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