Genus
Valid Extinct

Auroraceratops

You et al. 2005
Etymology Tête cornue d'Aurore

Auroraceratops, meaning "dawn horned face", is a genus of bipedal basal neoceratopsian dinosaur, from the Early Cretaceous of north central China. The etymology of the generic name refers to its status as an early ceratopsian and also to Dawn Dodson, wife of Peter Dodson, one of the palaeontologists who described it.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
2
Group
Dinosaures
Herbivore Ground dwelling Terrestrial
Auroraceratops
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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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Auroraceratops Genus
Fossil sites 2 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇨🇳 China
2
Geological formations
Zhonggou
2
Temporal distribution
Albian (113.2–100.5 Ma)
2
Species (1)
Auroraceratops rugosus 113 Ma
Images 1
Bibliography
Original description
H. You, D. Li, and Q. Ji, M. C. Lamanna, P. Dodson. 2005. On a new genus of basal neoceratopsian dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous of Gansu Province, China. Acta Geologica Sinica 79(5):593-597
Bibliography (2)
H. You, E. M. Morschhauser, and D. Li, P. Dodson. 2019. Introducing the Mazongshan Dinosaur Fauna. Auroraceratops rugosus (Ornithischia, Ceratopsia) from the Early Cretaceous of northwestern Gansu Province, China. Society of Vertebrate Paleontology Memoir 18. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 38(supplement):1-11 DOI ↗
H. You, D. Li, and Q. Ji, M. C. Lamanna, P. Dodson. 2005. On a new genus of basal neoceratopsian dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous of Gansu Province, China. Acta Geologica Sinica 79(5):593-597