Archaeoceratops

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Cerapoda, Ceratopsia, Dinosauria, Genasauria, Marginocephalia, Neoceratopsia, Ornithischia

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Name	Archaeoceratops
Diet	Herbivore
Weight	5 kg
Length	1.3 meters
Height	0.23 meters
Period	Early Cretaceous

The Archaeoceratops is a Ceratopsian dinosaur from the early Cretaceous period. As a herbivore the Archaeoceratops during this time could be found eating plants in China approximately 99 million years ago. Archaeoceratops was a small dinosaur with an approximate weight of 4.5 kilograms (3 pounds) and an estimated length of 1.3 meters (5 feet). This small herbivore probably measured 0.23 meters (1 foot) tall.

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References

You, Hai-Lu; Tank, Kyo; Dodson, Peter (2010). "A new species of Archaeoceratops (Dinosauria: Neoceratopsia) from the Early Cretaceous of the Mazongshan area, northwestern China". In Ryan, Michael J.; Chinnery-Allgeier, Brenda J.; and Eberth, David A. (editors.), ed. New Perspectives on Horned Dinosaurs: The Royal Tyrrell Museum Ceratopsian Symposium. Bloomington and Indianapolis: Indiana University Press. pp. 59-67. ISBN 978-0-253-35358-0.
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Richard J. Butler, Jin Liyong, Chen Jun, Pascal Godefroit (2011). "The postcranial osteology and phylogenetic position of the small ornithischian dinosaur. Changchunsaurus parvus from the Quantou Formation (Cretaceous: Aptian-Cenomanian) of Jilin Province, north-eastern China". Palaeontology 54 (3): 667-683. doi:10.1111/j.1475-4983.2011.01046.x.