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HELIOCERATOPS
(hel-ee-oh-seh-rah-tops)
meaning: "Sun horned face"
Helioceratops
Named By: Jin Liyong, Chen Jun, Zan Shuqin & Pascal Godefroit in 2009
Time Period: Middle Cretaceous
Location: China, Jilin Province - Quantou Formation
Size: 1.3 meters long
Diet: Herbivore
Fossil(s): Maxilla and mandible (lower jaw)
Classification: | Chordata | Reptilia | Dinosauria | Ornithischia | Ceratopsia |
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Helioceratops is a genus of neoceratopsian dinosaur from the Middle Cretaceous of China. The type species is H. brachygnathus, described in 2009 by a group of paleontologists led by Jin Liyong. Helioceratops was discovered in the Quantou Formation of China's eastern Jilin province and is known mostly from skull fragments. It reached a length of around 1.3 m (4.3 ft) and may have shared its habitat with Changchunsaurus.

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