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Liaoceratops yanzigouensis
Taxonomy
Liaoceratops yanzigouensis was named by Xu et al. (2002). Its type specimen is IVPP V.12738, a skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Yanzigou, Shanyuan, which is in a Barremian/Aptian fluvial horizon in the Yixian Formation of China.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 2002 | Liaoceratops yanzigouensis Buchholz p. 19 |
| 2002 | Liaoceratops yanzigouensis Xu et al. p. 314 figs. 1-2 |
| 2004 | Liaoceratops yanzigouensis You and Dodson p. 480 |
| 2007 | Liaoceratops yanzigouensis You et al. p. 898 |
| 2008 | Liaoceratops yanzigouensis Butler et al. p. 10 |
| 2009 | Liaoceratops yanzigouensis Jin et al. p. 204 |
| 2009 | Liaoceratops yanzigouensis Tanoue et al. p. 431 |
| 2010 | Liaoceratops yanzigouensis Amiot et al. p. 355 |
| 2012 | Liaoceratops yanzigouensis Han et al. p. 1391 fig. 14 |
| 2012 | Liaoceratops yanzigouensis Tanoue et al. p. 125 |
| 2012 | Liaoceratops yanzigouensis You et al. p. 171 |
| 2014 | Liaoceratops yanzigouensis Hedrick et al. p. 322 |
| 2014 | Liaoceratops yanzigouensis Tanoue and Okazaki p. 80 |
| 2015 | Liaoceratops yanzigouensis Han et al. p. 1 |
| 2018 | Liaoceratops yanzigouensis He et al. p. 2 |
| 2019 | Liaoceratops yanzigouensis Herne et al. p. 572 |
| 2020 | Liaoceratops yanzigouensis Dieudonné et al. |
| 2020 | Liaoceratops yanzigouensis Yang et al. p. 2 |
| 2020 | Liaoceratops yanzigouensis Yu et al. p. 1 |
| 2022 | Liaoceratops yanzigouensis Son et al. p. 7 |
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†Liaoceratops yanzigouensis Xu et al. 2002
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
|---|---|---|
| R. J. Butler et al. 2008 | Sutures between premaxilla, maxilla, nasal and prefrontal intersecting at a common point high on the side of the snout; possession of several tubercles on the ventral margin of the angular;
a foramen on the posterior face of the quadrate near the articulation with the quadratojugal; small tubercle on the dorsal border of the foramen magnum; thick posterior border of the parietal frill. |