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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
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
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.