Genus
Valid Extinct

Liaoceratops

Xu et al. 2002

Liaoceratops, meaning "Liaoning horned face", is a ceratopsian dinosaur believed to be an early relative of the horned ceratopsids. It lived in the Early Cretaceous, 126 million years ago. It was discovered in China by a team of American and Chinese scientists. Liaoceratops was much smaller than its later relatives, but offers a glimpse into the early evolution of this group of dinosaurs.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
2
Group
Dinosaures
Herbivore Ground dwelling Terrestrial
Liaoceratops
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Skull cast of Liaoceratops yanzigouensis on display at the Baoding Natural History Museum. © Jonathan Chen · CC BY 4.0 · 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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Liaoceratops Genus
Measurements
Length
0,9 m ⓘ
Liaoceratops yanzigouensis 
Mass
5 kg ⓘ
Liaoceratops yanzigouensis 
Fossil sites 2 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇨🇳 China
2
Geological formations
Yixian
2
Temporal distribution
Barremian (125.77–121.4 Ma)
2
Species (1)
Liaoceratops yanzigouensis 126 Ma
Images 1
Bibliography
Original description
X. Xu, P. J. Makovicky, and X.-l. Wang, M. A. Norell, H.-l. You. 2002. A ceratopsian dinosaur from China and the early evolution of the Ceratopsia. Nature 416:314-317 DOI ↗
Bibliography (1)
X. Xu, P. J. Makovicky, and X.-l. Wang, M. A. Norell, H.-l. You. 2002. A ceratopsian dinosaur from China and the early evolution of the Ceratopsia. Nature 416:314-317 DOI ↗