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horned dinosaur
Archaeoceratops
Say it like this: “AHR-kee-o-SER-a-tops”
Archaeoceratops oshimai
Archaeoceratops ate plants and walked on two legs. It lived in the Early Cretaceous. Bones have been found in China.
- When
- Early Cretaceous (Aptian · Albian) · roughly 121.4 to 100.5 million years ago
- Named in
- 1997 · Dong, Z.; Azuma, Y.
- Hip height
- Not established
- Length
- 0.9 m · 3 ft
- Weight
- 10 kg · 22 lb
- Found in
- China · Zhonggou
- Food and walking
- Herbivore · Two legs
- Kind
- horned dinosaur · Ceratopsian
- Family branch
- Neoceratopsia
The story in short
Archaeoceratops was formally named in 1997 by Z. Dong and Y. Azuma.
Fossils referred to Archaeoceratops date to the Early Cretaceous (Aptian · Albian), roughly 121.4 to 100.5 million years ago. Finds come from China, including the Zhonggou Formation. It was a herbivore and walked on two legs.
Published estimates put Archaeoceratops at a length near 0.9 m and a body mass around 10 kg.
On the family tree it sits in Neoceratopsia, among the horned dinosaurs.
This entry is the whole genus. The type species is Archaeoceratops oshimai. Other named species include Archaeoceratops yujingziensis.
Other species with this name
- Archaeoceratops oshimai
- Archaeoceratops yujingziensis
Close relatives
Aquilops
Aquilops americanus
Early Cretaceous (Albian) · roughly 113.2 to 100.5 million years ago
Asiaceratops
Asiaceratops salsopaludalis
Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) · roughly 100.5 to 93.9 million years ago
Auroraceratops
Auroraceratops rugosus
Early Cretaceous (Albian) · roughly 113.2 to 100.5 million years ago