Zhuchengceratops
joo-CHUNG-seh-rah-tops /dʒuːˌtʃʌŋˈsɛrətɒps/
Accepted genus
Zhucheng horned face
- Zhucheng · Chinese (place name) · Zhucheng, a city in Shandong, China
- keras · Greek · horn
- ops · Greek · face
The name combines Zhucheng, the city in Shandong Province, China, where the fossils were found, with Greek words for "horn" and "face". It follows the common naming pattern of horned-dinosaur genera ending in "-ceratops". The type species is Zhuchengceratops inexpectatus.
- Named by
- Xu et al.
- Year named
- 2010
- Period
- Late Cretaceous
- Found in
- Wangshi Group, Zhucheng, Shandong Province, China
A ceratopsian dinosaur, generally regarded as a leptoceratopsid (a relative of Leptoceratops). The species name inexpectatus means "unexpected".