Genus
Valid Extinct

Chaoyangsaurus

Zhao et al. 1999

Chaoyangsaurus is a genus of marginocephalian dinosaur from the Late Jurassic of China. Chaoyangsaurus belonged to the Ceratopsia. Chaoyangsaurus, like all ceratopsians, was primarily a herbivore.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
1
Group
Dinosaures
Herbivore Ground dwelling Terrestrial
Chaoyangsaurus
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Skeletal restoration showing the known material of Chaoyangsaurus young. © Jaime A. Headden · CC BY 3.0 · 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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Chaoyangsauridae Family
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Chaoyangsaurus Genus
Fossil sites 1 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇨🇳 China
1
Geological formations
Tuchengzi
1
Temporal distribution
Berriasian (143.1–137.05 Ma)
1
Species (2)
Chaoyangosaurus liaosiensis replaced by Chaoyangsaurus youngi 152 Ma
Chaoyangsaurus youngi 152 Ma
Synonyms (1)
Chaoyangosaurus replaced by Chaoyangsaurus
Images 1
Bibliography
Original description
X. Zhao, Z. Cheng, and X. Xu. 1999. The earliest ceratopsian from the Tuchengzi Formation of Liaoning, China. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 19(4):681-697 DOI ↗
Bibliography (1)
Z. Dong. 1992. Dinosaurian Faunas of China. China Ocean Press, Beijing