Genus
Valid Extinct

Ischioceratops

He et al. 2015

Ischioceratops is an extinct genus of small herbivorous ceratopsian dinosaur that lived approximately 77.3-73.5 million years ago during the latter part of the Cretaceous Period in what is now China.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
1
Group
Dinosaures
Herbivore Ground dwelling Terrestrial
Ischioceratops
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Holotype of Ischioceratops zhuchengensis (ZCDM V0016) in right lateral view. Photograph (A), drawing (B) and reconstruction of holotype individual (C). Abbreviations: cv, caudal vertebrae; lil, left ilium; ot, ossified tendons; rfem, right femur; rfib, right fibula; ril, right ilium; ris, right ischium; rtib, right tibia. © Yiming He, Peter J. Makovicky, Kebai Wang, Shuqing Chen, Corwin Sullivan, Fenglu Han, Xing Xu · CC BY 2.5 · 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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Leptoceratopsidae Family
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Ischioceratops 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)
Ischioceratops zhuchengensis 84 Ma
Images 1
Bibliography
Original description
Y. He, P. J. Makovicky, and K. Wang, S. Chen, C. Sullivan, F. Han, X. Xu. 2015. A new leptoceratopsid (Ornithischia, Ceratopsia) with a unique ischium from the Upper Cretaceous of Shandong Province, China. PLoS ONE 10(12): e0144148 DOI ↗
Bibliography (1)
Y. He, P. J. Makovicky, and K. Wang, S. Chen, C. Sullivan, F. Han, X. Xu. 2015. A new leptoceratopsid (Ornithischia, Ceratopsia) with a unique ischium from the Upper Cretaceous of Shandong Province, China. PLoS ONE 10(12): e0144148 DOI ↗