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ASIACERATOPS
(a-se-ah-seh-rah-tops)
meaning: "Asian horned face"
Named By: L.A. Nessov, L F. Kaznyshkina & G.O. Cherepanov in 1989
Time Period: Late Cretaceous, 99 Ma
Location: China, Mongolia and Uzbekistan - Khodzhakul Formation
Size: Uncertain
Diet: Herbivore
Fossil(s): Partial fragmentary remains of several individuals
Classification: | Chordata | Reptilia | Dinosauria | Ornithischia | Marginocephalia | Ceratopsia |
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Asiaceratops (meaning "Asian horned face") is a genus of herbivorous ceratopsian dinosaur. It lived during the Late Cretaceous. Its fossils have mainly been found in Uzbekistan; a referred species is known from China and Mongolia.

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