Sinoceratops Sinoceratops zhuchengensis Xu et al. 2010
/ˌsaɪnoʊˈsɛrətɒps/
Late Cretaceous (Campanian) · 83.6–72.2 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
herbivore
Locomotion
quadrupedal
inferred from clade
Habitat
ground-dwelling
Where It Was Found
Country
China
Region
Shandong
Formation
Hongtuya
Dig sites
1
distinct collections
Overview
Sinoceratops zhuchengensis is a ceratopsian dinosaur known from the Late Cretaceous, roughly 83.6–72.2 million years ago. It was a herbivore. It is recorded as ground-dwelling. Fossils have been recovered from Shandong, China. It was named by Xu et al. 2010. 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%
confidence from occurrence count
Based on 1 recorded occurrence in the Paleobiology Database.
Geologic Time
Where Sinoceratops zhuchengensis sits in deep time
Sinoceratops
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships
Part of a wider fossil web
These species share Sinoceratops zhuchengensis'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.