Named By: | H. You, D. Li, Q. Ji, M. Lamanna & P. Dodson in 2005 |
Time Period: | Early Cretaceous, Aptian |
Location: | China, Gansu Province |
Size: | Skull 20 centimetres long, total length estimated about 2 meters long |
Diet: | Herbivore |
Fossil(s): | Almost complete skull of a subadult. Holotype is IG-2004-VD-001 |
Classification: | | Chordata | Reptilia | Dinosauria | Ornithischia | Ceratopsia | |
Auroraceratops, meaning "dawn horned face", is a genus of basal neoceratopsian dinosaur, from the Early Cretaceous (Aptian age) of north central China and South Korea. 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.