Reptilia - Ornithischia - Chaoyangsauridae
Full reference: F. Han, C. A. Forster, J. M. Clark and X. Xu. 2015. A new taxon of basal ceratopsian from China and the early evolution of Ceratopsia. PLoS ONE 10(12):e0143369:1-23
Belongs to Hualianceratops according to E. M. Morschhauser et al. 2019
See also Breeden et al. 2021 and Han et al. 2015
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: IVPP V18641, a partial skeleton (articulated right maxilla, jugal, postorbital and partial squamo- sal, articulated right quadrate and partial quadratojugal, articulated left partial jugal, qua). Its type locality is Wucaiwan ceratopsian 2 (IVPP), which is in an Oxfordian fluvial shale in the Shishugou Formation of China.
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution: found only at Wucaiwan ceratopsian 2 (IVPP)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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