Xuanhuaceratops
shwan-HWA-sair-ah-tops /ʃwænˌhwɑːˈsɛrətɒps/
Accepted genus
Xuanhua horned face
- Xuanhua · Chinese (place name) · Xuanhua District, Hebei Province, China, where the fossils were found
- keras · Greek · horn
- ops · Greek · face
The name combines Xuanhua, the area in Hebei Province, China, where the fossils were discovered, with the Greek words keras ("horn") and ops ("face"). The "-ceratops" ending is a common one for horned-dinosaur (ceratopsian) names. Xuanhuaceratops is a small, early ceratopsian, so it didn't have the big facial horns of later relatives.
- Named by
- Zhao et al.
- Year named
- 2006
- Period
- Late Jurassic
- Found in
- Houcheng Formation, Xuanhua, Hebei Province, China
Early, basal ceratopsian. The type species is Xuanhuaceratops niei. Its exact age within the Late Jurassic and the formation's age are not firmly settled. Year and authorship are given from memory.