Chaoyangsaurus
| Chaoyangsaurus Temporal range: Late Jurassic, | |
|---|---|
| Skeletal restoration showing known material | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Dinosauria |
| Clade: | †Ornithischia |
| Clade: | †Ceratopsia |
| Family: | †Chaoyangsauridae |
| Genus: | †Chaoyangsaurus Zhao, Cheng, & Xu, 1999 |
| Species: | †C. youngi |
| Binomial name | |
| †Chaoyangsaurus youngi Zhao, Cheng, & Xu, 1999 | |
Chaoyangsaurus ("Chaoyang lizard") is a marginocephalian dinosaur from the Late Jurassic of China. It has been dated to between 150.8 and 145.5 million years ago. Chaoyangsaurus belonged to the Ceratopsia (Greek for "horned faces"). Chaoyangsaurus, like all ceratopsians, was primarily a herbivore.
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