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horned dinosaur
Hualianceratops
Say it like this: “WAH-lee-un-SEH-ruh-tops”
Hualianceratops wucaiwanensis
Hualianceratops ate plants and walked on two legs. It lived in the Middle Jurassic · Late Jurassic. Bones have been found in China.
- When
- Middle Jurassic · Late Jurassic (Callovian · Oxfordian) · roughly 165.3 to 154.8 million years ago
- Named in
- 2015 · Han, F.; Forster, C. A.; Clark, J. M.; Xu, X.
- Hip height
- Not established
- Length
- 1.2 m · 4 ft
- Weight
- Not established
- Found in
- China · Shishugou
- Food and walking
- Herbivore · Two legs
- Kind
- horned dinosaur · Ceratopsian
- Family branch
- Chaoyangsauridae
The story in short
Hualianceratops was formally named in 2015 by F. Han and colleagues. The name means “ornamental-faced horned face.”
It lived in the Middle Jurassic · Late Jurassic (Callovian · Oxfordian), roughly 165.3 to 154.8 million years ago. Finds come from China, including the Shishugou Formation. It was a herbivore and walked on two legs.
Published estimates put Hualianceratops at a length near 1.2 m.
On the family tree it sits in Chaoyangsauridae, among the horned dinosaurs.
Close relatives
Chaoyangsaurus
Chaoyangsaurus youngi
Late Jurassic · Early Cretaceous (Tithonian · Berriasian) · roughly 149.2 to 137.1 million years ago
Stenopelix
Stenopelix valdensis
Early Cretaceous (Berriasian · Valanginian) · roughly 143.1 to 132.6 million years ago
Xuanhuaceratops
Xuanhuaceratops niei
Late Jurassic (Tithonian) · roughly 149.2 to 143.1 million years ago