Auroraceratops rugosus 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

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

See also Amiot et al. 2010, Han et al. 2015, Hedrick et al. 2014, Jin et al. 2009, Li et al. 2019, Morschhauser et al. 2019, Morschhauser et al. 2019, Son et al. 2022, Suarez et al. 2019, Tanoue et al. 2012, Tanoue and Okazaki 2014, Tanoue et al. 2009, You et al. 2005, You et al. 2012, You et al. 2019, You et al. 2007, You et al. 2010 and Yu et al. 2020

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: IG-2004-VD-001, a skull. Its type locality is Auroraceratops type, Gongpoquan Basin, which is in an Albian fluvial-lacustrine horizon in the Zhonggou Formation of China.

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of China (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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