Auroraceratops
aw-ROR-ah-SER-ah-tops /ɔːˌrɔːrəˈsɛrətɒps/
Accepted genus
dawn horned face
- aurora · Latin · dawn
- keras · Greek · horn
- ops · Greek · face
The name combines the Latin "aurora" (dawn) with the Greek "keras" (horn) and "ops" (face). It means "dawn horned face". "Dawn" refers to its early, primitive position among the horned neoceratopsian dinosaurs, even though it had no true facial horns.
- Named by
- You et al.
- Year named
- 2005
- Period
- Early Cretaceous
- Found in
- Xinminbao Group, Gansu Province, China
A basal neoceratopsian (early horned dinosaur). The type species is Auroraceratops rugosus.