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ARCHAEOCERATOPS oshimai |
| DESCRIBER | Dong & Azuma,1997 |
| TIME | Cretaceous Early |
| CLASSIFICATION | Ornithischia Genasauria Cerapoda Marginocephalia Neoceratopia Archaeoceratopidae |
| DIET | Herbivore |
| FOSSILSITE | Silk Road, Gobi, Gansu Province, China |
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| INFO | Holotype IVPP V11114 and a second skeleton V11115. This is a
spectacular specimen, known from two partial relatively small
skeletons that include a skull with lower jaws, of a very primitive
protoceratopid, apparently bipedal. Premaxillary teeth are present.
The frill is relatively short, but the skull is quite large compared
to body size.
It seems closest to Microceratops in overall appearance. Dong Zhiming & Yoichi Azuma, 1997. "On a Primitive Neoceratopsian from the Early Cretaceous of China," in Dong Z., ed., 1997: 68-89. Features new genus and species Archaeoceratops oshimai Dong & Azuma, 1997, in new family Archaeoceratopsidae Dong & Azuma, 1997 at the base of Neoceratopsia, including besides the nominal genus the genera Microceratops and Kulceratops. Archaeoceratops is clearly more advanced than Chaoyangsaurus |
