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Chaoyangsaurus
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Chaoyangsaurus is the earliest known ceratopsian (shield dinosaur).
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- Pronounced
- chow-yahng-sore-us
- Meaning of name
- Chaoyang lizard
- Length
- 1.1m
- Diet
- herbivorous
- When it lived
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Late Jurassic
(99 - 65 million years ago) - Found in
- Peoples Republic of China
Taxonomic details
- Taxonomy
- Dinosauria, Ornithischia, Genasauria, Cerapoda, Marginocephalia, Ceratopsia, Neoceratopsia, Chaoyangsaurus
- Named by
- Zhao, Cheng and Xu (1999)
- Type species
- youngi