Auroraceratops You et al. 2005 (ceratopsian)

Reptilia - Ornithischia

Full reference: H. You, D. Li, Q. Ji, M. C. Lamanna, and P. Dodson. 2005. On a new genus of basal neoceratopsian dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous of Gansu Province, China. Acta Geologica Sinica 79(5):593-597

Parent taxon: Neoceratopsia according to E. M. Morschhauser et al. 2019

See also Amiot et al. 2010, Farke et al. 2014, Jin et al. 2009, Tanoue et al. 2009, You et al. 2005, You et al. 2012, You et al. 2019 and Zheng et al. 2015

Sister taxa: Aquilops, Archaeoceratops, Archaeoceratopsidae, Asiaceratops, Beg, Ceratopsomorpha, Chaoyangsauridae, Coronosauria, Graciliceratops, Liaoceratops, Mosaiceratops, Protoceratopoidea, Yamaceratops

Subtaxa: Auroraceratops rugosus

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Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of China (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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