Asiaceratops
Asiaceratops belongs to the group: Horned dinos. Its fossils come from rocks about 100 to 94 million years old.4
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Asiaceratops is one of the few ceratopsians known from Central Asia, not from North America or China.1
Its name means 'Asian horned face', because it lived in Asia and had a horned face like other ceratopsians.2
The type specimen is a partial skeleton, which is rare for ceratopsians, as many are known only from skulls.1
Scientists think it lived in groups, because the PBDB record lists 'gregarious' behavior.1
It lived during the Cenomanian age, about 100 to 94 million years ago, when dinosaurs like T. rex's ancestors were around.1
The species name 'salsopaludalis' means 'salt marsh', hinting that it lived near salty wetlands.1
Most asked questions about Asiaceratops
?What did Asiaceratops eat?
Asiaceratops was a herbivore, meaning it ate plants. It likely fed on ferns, cycads, and conifers, using its sharp beak to bite off leaves or needles.3
?When did Asiaceratops live?
Asiaceratops lived during the Early to Late Cretaceous, about 100 to 94 million years ago. The type species is known from the early Cenomanian, about 99 million years old.34
?Where was Asiaceratops found?
Asiaceratops fossils were found in Asia. The type species, A. salsopaludalis, comes from Uzbekistan, while A. sulcidens is known from China and Mongolia.3
?Was Asiaceratops a dinosaur?
Yes, Asiaceratops was a dinosaur. It was a ceratopsian, a group of herbivorous dinosaurs with parrot-like beaks.3
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- Scientific name
- Asiaceratops
- Named by
- Nessov et al. 19894
- Group
- Horned dinos
- Family / clade
- Neoceratopsia4
- Classification
- Ornithischia > Ceratopsia4
- Age of the rocks
- 100 to 94 million years (Cenomanian)4
- Rock formations
- Khodzhakul4
- Countries
- Uzbekistan4
- Fossil records
- 8 in the Paleobiology Database4
- Discovery
- It was named by Nessov and colleagues in 1989, based on a partial skeleton found in Uzbekistan.11
- Still debated
- Scientists debate whether Asiaceratops is a valid species or a 'nomen dubium', because the fossils are fragmentary.11
Where the facts come from
- PBDB Taxon (paleobiodb.org)
- Asiaceratops Nesov & Kaznyshkina, 1989 (gbif.org)
- Asiaceratops (en.wikipedia.org)
- Asiaceratops in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): age, places, rock formations, classification.
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