Chaoyangsaurus
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Chaoyangsaurus ("Chaoyang lizard") is a marginocephalian dinosaur from the Late Jurassic of China. It has been dated to between 150.8 and 145.5 million years ago.[1] Chaoyangsaurus belonged to the Ceratopsia (Greek for "horned faces"). Chaoyangsaurus, like all ceratopsians, was primarily a herbivore.[2][3]
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Chaoyangsaurus | |
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Skeletal restoration showing known material | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | Dinosauria |
Clade: | †Ornithischia |
Clade: | †Neornithischia |
Clade: | †Ceratopsia |
Family: | †Chaoyangsauridae |
Genus: | †Chaoyangsaurus Zhao, Cheng, & Xu, 1999 |
Species: | †C. youngi |
Binomial name | |
†Chaoyangsaurus youngi Zhao, Cheng, & Xu, 1999 | |
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