| Xuanhuaceratops Temporal range: Late Jurassic,
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| Reconstructed head of Xuanhuaceratops niei | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Dinosauria |
| Clade: | †Ornithischia |
| Clade: | †Neornithischia |
| Clade: | †Ceratopsia |
| Family: | †Chaoyangsauridae |
| Genus: | †Xuanhuaceratops Zhao et al., 2006 |
| Type species | |
| †Xuanhuaceratops niei Zhao et al., 2006
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Xuanhuaceratops (meaning "Xuanhua horned face"[1]) is a genus of dinosaur from the Late Jurassic Period. The genus was in 2006 dated to the Tithonian, 150.8-145.5 million years ago.[2] A member of the family Chaoyangsauridae, it was one of the earliest ceratopsians.[3][4][1] The fossils were found in the Houcheng Formation of Hebei Province, northeastern China.[1]
- ^ a b c Zhao, X., Cheng, Z., Xu., X., and Makovicky, P. J. 2006. "A new ceratopsian from the Upper Jurassic Houcheng Formation of Hebei, China." Acta Geologica Sinica, 80 (4): 467–473 Full text.
- ^ Holtz, Thomas R. Jr. (2011) Dinosaurs: The Most Complete, Up-to-Date Encyclopedia for Dinosaur Lovers of All Ages, Winter 2010 Appendix.
- ^ Weishampel et al. (2004) "Dinosaur Distribution." In: Weishampel, D.B., Dodson, P., & Osmolska, H. (Eds.). The Dinosauria (2nd Edition). Berkeley: University of California Press. Pp. 517–606 Full text.
- ^ Xu X., Forster, C.A., Clark, J.M., & Mo J. (2006). "A basal ceratopsian with transitional features from the Late Jurassic of northwestern China." Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. doi:10.1098/rspb.2006.3566.