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Asiaceratops Asiaceratops salsopaludalis Nessov et al. 1989

/ɐsˈɪɐsɚɹˌætɑːps/ estimated
Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) · 100.5–93.9 Mya

Key Statistics

Diet
herbivore
Locomotion
quadrupedal
inferred from clade
Habitat
ground-dwelling

Where It Was Found

Country
Uzbekistan
Regions
Navoi · Karakalpakstan
Formation
Khodzhakul
Dig sites
7
distinct collections
Recorded finds in Uzbekistan. Present-day positions: the continents have moved since.

Overview

Asiaceratops salsopaludalis is a ceratopsian dinosaur known from the Late Cretaceous, roughly 100.5–93.9 million years ago. It was a herbivore. It is recorded as ground-dwelling. Fossils have been recovered from Navoi, Uzbekistan. It was named by Nessov et al. 1989. The species is represented by 7 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.

Fossil Record Completeness

How much of this profile is grounded in the fossil record

~24%
confidence from occurrence count
Based on 7 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.

Geologic Time

Where Asiaceratops salsopaludalis sits in deep time

TRIASSIC
JURASSIC
CRETACEOUS
Asiaceratops
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya

Relationships

Part of a wider fossil web

These species share Asiaceratops salsopaludalis's place in deep time — computed from overlapping age ranges, shared clades, and inferred ecology. Predator–prey pairs additionally have to have been dug up in the same place.

predator–prey
Dromaeosaurus
Dromaeosaurus explanatus
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coexisted–with
Tenontosaurus
Tenontosaurus tilletti
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coexisted–with
Deinonychus
Deinonychus antirrhopus
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coexisted–with
Carcharodontosaurus
Carcharodontosaurus saharicus
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coexisted–with
Spinosaurus
Spinosaurus aegyptiacus
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coexisted–with
Sauropelta
Sauropelta edwardsorum
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same–clade
Beg
Beg tse
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same–clade
Graciliceratops
Graciliceratops mongoliensis
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