Dinosaur
Archaeoceratops
The genus includes the species Archaeoceratops oshimai and Archaeoceratops yujingziensis.
Archaeoceratops had a relatively large head, but lacked the large horns we associate with Triceratops.
Three stages. One companion.
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AI-generated, stylized game illustrations. These designs and growth stages are imaginative, not scientific reconstructions.
Archaeoceratops at a glance
- Diet
- Herbivore
- A plant-based diet is inferred from its anatomy and comparisons with related animals; not all herbivores ate the same plants.
- When it lived
- Cretaceous
- Group
- Neoceratopsia
- Neoceratopsians
- Fossil locations
- China
- Places where fossils have been found
Beyond the game
The real Archaeoceratops
This small ceratopsian walked on two legs and was about 90 centimeters long. It had a relatively large head, a short neck frill and no large horns.
The genus includes Archaeoceratops oshimai and Archaeoceratops yujingziensis. These were small animals that walked on two legs, unlike many later ceratopsians. They reveal some of the variety within the history of dinosaurs with neck frills.
This grouping describes evolutionary relationships. Its members share ancestors; they do not form a chain in which one must turn into another.
Fossil discoveries
Selected fossil records · present-day map
Map references
Map: Natural Earth, public domain. Fossil records: linked collections and publications.Sources & text credits
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