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 | |
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.