Xuanhuaceratops
| Xuanhuaceratops Temporal range: Late Jurassic, | |
|---|---|
| Reconstructed head of Xuanhuaceratops niei | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Dinosauria |
| Clade: | †Ornithischia |
| Clade: | †Ceratopsia |
| Family: | †Chaoyangsauridae |
| Genus: | †Xuanhuaceratops Zhao et al., 2006 |
| Type species | |
| †Xuanhuaceratops niei Zhao et al., 2006 | |
Xuanhuaceratops (meaning "Xuanhua horned face") is a genus of dinosaur from the Late Jurassic Period. The genus was in 2006 dated to the Tithonian, 150.8-145.5 million years ago. A member of the family Chaoyangsauridae, it was one of the earliest ceratopsians. The fossils were found in the Houcheng Formation of Hebei Province, northeastern China.