Auroraceratops

Auroraceratops
Temporal range: Early Cretaceous, Albian
Partially prepared specimen of A. rugosus, GSGM GJ <07> 9-38
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Clade: Ornithischia
Clade: Neornithischia
Clade: Ceratopsia
Clade: Neoceratopsia
Genus: Auroraceratops
You et al., 2005[1]
Species:
A. rugosus
Binomial name
Auroraceratops rugosus
You et al., 2005

Auroraceratops, meaning "dawn horned face", is a genus of bipedal basal neoceratopsian dinosaur, from the Early Cretaceous (Aptian age) of north central China. The etymology of the generic name refers to its status as an early ceratopsian and also to Dawn Dodson, wife of Peter Dodson, one of the palaeontologists who described it.

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