Genus
Valid Extinct

Zhuchengceratops

Xu et al. 2010
Etymology Tête cornue de Zhucheng

Zhuchengceratops is a genus of extinct leptoceratopsid ceratopsian that lived during the Upper Cretaceous of modern-day China. It was first described in 2010, by Xu et al., who created the binomial Zhuchengceratops inexpectus. The name is derived from the location of Zhucheng, the Latinized-Greek ceratops, or "horned face", and the unexpected articulated nature of the holotype. The skeleton was found in the Wangshi Group, which is of Late Cretaceous age, and most fossils are only disarticulated bones of Shantungosaurus.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
1
Group
Dinosaures
Herbivore Ground dwelling Terrestrial
Zhuchengceratops
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PBDB Wikipedia
Classification
Dinosauria Unranked clade
Ornithischia Unranked clade
Neornithischia Unranked clade
Pyrodontia Unranked clade
Cerapoda Unranked clade
Marginocephalia Unranked clade
Ceratopsia Suborder
Neoceratopsia Infraorder
Leptoceratopsidae Family
Zhuchengceratops Genus
Fossil sites 1 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇨🇳 China
1
Geological formations
Hongtuya
1
Temporal distribution
Campanian (83.6–72.2 Ma)
1
Species (1)
Zhuchengceratops inexpectus 84 Ma
Images 1
Bibliography
Original description
X. Xu, K. Wang, and X. Zhao, C. Sullivan, S. Chen. 2010. A new leptoceratopsid (Ornithischia: Ceratopsia) from the Upper Cretaceous of Shandong, China and its implications for neoceratopsian evolution. PLoS One 5(11/e13835):1-14 DOI ↗
Bibliography (1)
X. Xu, K. Wang, and X. Zhao, C. Sullivan, S. Chen. 2010. A new leptoceratopsid (Ornithischia: Ceratopsia) from the Upper Cretaceous of Shandong, China and its implications for neoceratopsian evolution. PLoS One 5(11/e13835):1-14 DOI ↗