Zhuchengceratops Xu et al. 2010 (leptoceratopsid)

Reptilia - Ornithischia - Leptoceratopsidae

Full reference: X. Xu, K. Wang, X. Zhao, C. Sullivan, and S. Chen. 2010. A new leptoceratopsid (Ornithischia: Ceratopsia) from the Upper Cretaceous of Shandong, China and its implications for neoceratopsian evolution. PLoS One 5(11/e13835):1-14

Parent taxon: Leptoceratopsidae according to E. M. Morschhauser et al. 2019

See also Farke et al. 2014, Hone et al. 2014, Ryan et al. 2012, Xu et al. 2010 and Zheng et al. 2015

Sister taxa: Cerasinops, Ferrisaurus, Gryphoceratops, Helioceratops, Ischioceratops, Koreaceratops, Leptoceratops, Montanoceratops, Prenoceratops, Udanoceratops, Unescoceratops

Subtaxa: Zhuchengceratops inexpectus

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Type: Zhuchengceratops inexpectus

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at Kugou Quarry, Zhucheng (Cretaceous of China)

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