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horned dinosaur
Xuanhuaceratops
Say it like this: “schwan-ha-SEH-ruh-tops”
Xuanhuaceratops niei
Xuanhuaceratops ate plants and walked on two legs. It lived in the Late Jurassic. Bones have been found in China.
- When
- Late Jurassic (Tithonian) · roughly 149.2 to 143.1 million years ago
- Named in
- 2006 · Zhao, X.; Cheng, Z.; Xu, X.; Makovicky, P. J.
- Hip height
- Not established
- Length
- 1 m · 3 ft
- Weight
- 5 kg · 11 lb
- Found in
- China · Houcheng
- Food and walking
- Herbivore · Two legs
- Kind
- horned dinosaur · Ceratopsian
- Family branch
- Chaoyangsauridae
The story in short
The genus Xuanhuaceratops dates to 2006, the year X. Zhao and colleagues described it. The name honors a person tied to the fossil or its study.
It lived in the Late Jurassic (Tithonian), roughly 149.2 to 143.1 million years ago. Finds come from China, including the Houcheng Formation. It was a herbivore and walked on two legs.
Published estimates put Xuanhuaceratops at a length near 1 m and a body mass around 5 kg.
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
Hualianceratops
Hualianceratops wucaiwanensis
Middle Jurassic · Late Jurassic (Callovian · Oxfordian) · roughly 165.3 to 154.8 million years ago
Stenopelix
Stenopelix valdensis
Early Cretaceous (Berriasian · Valanginian) · roughly 143.1 to 132.6 million years ago