Dinosauria › Ornithischia › Ceratopsia › Chaoyangsauridae
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Chaoyangsaurus
Chaoyangsaurus youngi Zhao et al. 1999
Early Cretaceous (Valanginian) · 152.2–132.6 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
herbivore
Locomotion
quadrupedal
inferred from clade
Overview
Chaoyangsaurus youngi is a ceratopsian dinosaur known from the Early Cretaceous, roughly 152.2–132.6 million years ago. It was a herbivore. It was named by Zhao et al. 1999. The species is represented by 1 recorded occurrence in the Paleobiology Database.
Fossil Record Completeness
How much of this profile is grounded in the fossil record
~5%
fragmentary record
Confirmed
Inferred
Based on 1 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Geologic Time
Where Chaoyangsaurus sits in deep time
Chaoyangsaurus
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships
Part of a wider fossil web
These species share Chaoyangsaurus's place in deep time — computed from overlapping age ranges, shared clades, and inferred ecology.