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ARCHAEOCERATOPS
(ar-kay-oh-seh-rah-tops)
meaning: "Ancient horned face"
Archaeoceratops
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 |
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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.

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