Genus
Valid Extinct

Asiaceratops

Nessov et al. 1989
Etymology Tête cornue d'Asie

Asiaceratops is a genus of herbivorous ceratopsian dinosaur. It lived during the Early-Late Cretaceous. The type species, A. salsopaludalis is known from Uzbekistan, while A. sulcidens is known from China and Mongolia.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
8
Group
Dinosaures
Herbivore Ground dwelling Terrestrial
Asiaceratops
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Restoration of Asiaceratops salsopaludalis a ceratopsian dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous of Uzbekistan © Atlantis536 · CC0 · Wikimedia
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Classification
Dinosauria Unranked clade
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Ornithischia Unranked clade
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Neornithischia Unranked clade
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Pyrodontia Unranked clade
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Cerapoda Unranked clade
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Marginocephalia Unranked clade
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Ceratopsia Suborder
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Neoceratopsia Infraorder
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Asiaceratops Genus
Fossil sites 8 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇺🇿 Uzbekistan
8
Geological formations
Khodzhakul
7
Temporal distribution
Cenomanian (100.5–93.9 Ma)
8
Species (1)
Asiaceratops salsopaludalis 101 Ma
Images 1
Bibliography
Original description
L. A. Nessov, L. F. Kaznyshkina, and G. O. Cherepanov. 1989. [Mesozoic ceratopsian dinosaurs and crocodiles of central Asia]. In Bogdanova and Khozatskii (eds.), Theoretical and Applied Aspects of Modern Palaeontology
Bibliography (1)
L. A. Nessov. 1995. Dinozavri severnoi Yevrazii: Novye dannye o sostave kompleksov, ekologii i paleobiogeografii [Dinosaurs of northern Eurasia: new data about assemblages, ecology, and paleobiogeography]. Institute for Scientific Research on the Earth's Crust, St. Petersburg State University, St. Petersburg