
Chaoyangsaurus
Sign in to saveChaoyangsaurus ("Chaoyang lizard") is a genus of marginocephalian dinosaur from the Late Jurassic (about between 150.8 and 145.5 million years ago) of China. Chaoyangsaurus belonged to the Ceratopsia (Greek for "horned faces"). Chaoyangsaurus, like all ceratopsians, was primarily a herbivore.
Wikidata facts
- Parent taxon
- Chaoyangsauridae
- Named after
- Chaoyang
- Image
- Chaoyangsaurus BW.jpg
- Length
- 1.1
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- taxon name
- Chaoyangsaurus
- Commons category
- Chaoyangsaurus
- taxon rank
- genus
- time period
- Late Jurassic
- location of discovery
- China
- main food source
- herbivore
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Chaoyangsaurus ist eine Gattung der Vogelbeckensaurier (Ornithischia) aus der Gruppe der Ceratopsia. Er zählt zu den älteren und urtümlicheren Vertretern dieser Gruppe.
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