Auroraceratops

Auroraceratops rugosus

Auroraceratops — scientific reconstruction

Auroraceratops, meaning "dawn horned face", is a genus of bipedal basal neoceratopsian dinosaur, from the Early Cretaceous (Aptian age) 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.

Family
Ceratopsidae
Order
Ornithischia
Period
Cretaceous (115.0–100.5 Ma)
Diet
Herbivore
Length
1.5 m
Weight
20–40 kg
Type locality
Xinminbao Group, Gansu, China
PBDB
txn:94031

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