A New Ceratopsian from the Upper Jurassic Houcheng Formation of Hebei, China
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    A new ceratopsian taxon Xuanhuaceratops niei gen. et sp. nov. is erected based on four fragmentary specimens collected from the Late Jurassic Houcheng Formation, Hebei Province, China. Xuanhuaceratops shares a number of derived features with, and is closely related to, another probable Late Juarassic ceratopsian Chaoyangsaurus youngi, from which it differs in only possessing a single premaxlllary tooth as well as in details of quadrate and scapular morphology. We hypothesize that these two taxa represent a primitive lineage of Ceratopsia that is basal to the psittacosauridneoceratopsian diversity, and propose the name Chaoyangsauridae for it.

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ZHAO;Xijin;CHENG;Zhengwu;XU;Xing;Peter;J.;MAKOVICKY.2006. A New Ceratopsian from the Upper Jurassic Houcheng Formation of Hebei, China[J]. Acta Geologica Sinica(),80(4):467-473

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  • Received:June 15,2005
  • Revised:February 20,2006
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