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horned dinosaur · Disputed
Asiaceratops
Say it like this: “AY-zha-SER-a-tops”
Asiaceratops salsopaludalis
Asiaceratops ate plants and walked on two legs. It lived in the Late Cretaceous. Bones have been found in Uzbekistan.
- When
- Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) · roughly 100.5 to 93.9 million years ago
- Named in
- 1989 · Nessov, L. A.; Kaznyshkina, L. F.; Cherepanov, G. O.
- Hip height
- Not established
- Length
- 0.7 m · 2 ft
- Weight
- Not established
- Found in
- Uzbekistan · Khodzhakul
- Food and walking
- Herbivore · Two legs
- Kind
- horned dinosaur · Ceratopsian
- Family branch
- Neoceratopsia
The story in short
The genus Asiaceratops dates to 1989, the year L. A. Nessov and colleagues described it. The name means “asian horned face.”
It lived in the Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian), roughly 100.5 to 93.9 million years ago. Finds come from Uzbekistan, including the Khodzhakul Formation. It was a herbivore and walked on two legs.
Published estimates put Asiaceratops at a length near 0.7 m.
On the family tree it sits in Neoceratopsia, among the horned dinosaurs.
Close relatives
Aquilops
Aquilops americanus
Early Cretaceous (Albian) · roughly 113.2 to 100.5 million years ago
Archaeoceratops
Archaeoceratops oshimai
Early Cretaceous (Aptian · Albian) · roughly 121.4 to 100.5 million years ago
Auroraceratops
Auroraceratops rugosus
Early Cretaceous (Albian) · roughly 113.2 to 100.5 million years ago