Named By: | Dong & Azuma in 1997 |
Time Period: | Early Cretaceous, 125 Ma |
Location: | China - Gansu Province |
Size: | Up to about 90 centimetres long |
Diet: | Herbivore |
Fossil(s): | Two individual specimens including a skull and partial post cranial remains |
Classification: | | Chordata | Reptilia | Dinosauria | Ornithischia | Ceratopsia | Archaeoceratopsidae | |
Archaeoceratops, meaning "ancient horned face", is a genus of basal neoceratopsian dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous (Aptian stage) of north central China. It appears to have been bipedal and quite small (about 1 meter long) with a comparatively large head. Unlike many later ceratopsians it had no horns, possessing only a small bony frill projecting from the back of its head.