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Chaoyangsaurus ("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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Article · Español

Chaoyangsaurus youngi ("lagarto de Chaoyang de Yang Zhongjian") es la única especie conocida del género extinto Chaoyangsaurus dinosaurio ornitisquio chaoyangsáurido, que vivió a finales del período Jurásico Superior, hace aproximadamente 150,8 y 145,5 millones de años, en el Titoniense, en lo que hoy es Asia.

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