Sinoceratops

Chinese horned face

• Sino · Latin (from Greek Sinai) · China, Chinese
• keras · Greek · horn
• ops · Greek · face

The name combines "Sino-" (China), the Greek "keras" (horn) and "ops" (face), meaning "Chinese horned face". It was chosen because Sinoceratops was a horned, frilled ceratopsid and was the first well-known ceratopsid found in China. It is the first large ceratopsid known from Asia outside the North American lineage.

Named by

Xu et al.

Year named

2010

Period

Late Cretaceous

Stages

Campanian – Maastrichtian

Found in

Xingezhuang Formation, Zhucheng, Shandong, China

Type species Sinoceratops zhuchengensis. It is a centrosaurine ceratopsid and was the first ceratopsid described from China. The exact stage of the Xingezhuang Formation is uncertain, so the stage range is approximate.