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Helioceratops

Helioceratops Fossil range: Middle Cretaceous
Scientific classification
Class	Sauropsida
Order	Ornithischia
Suborder	Ceratopsia
Genus	Helioceratops Jin L. et al., 2009
Species	H. brachygnathus Jin L. et al., 2009

Helioceratops is a genus of neoceratopsian dinosaur from the Middle Cretaceous of China. The type species is H. brachygnathus, described in 2009 by a group of paleontologists led by Jin Liyong. Helioceratops was discovered in the Quantou Formation of China's eastern Jilin province.^[1]

ReferencesEdit

^ Jin Liyong; Chen Jun, Zan Shuqin and Pascal Godefroit (2009). "A New Basal Neoceratopsian Dinosaur from the Middle Cretaceous of Jilin Province, China". Acta Geologica Sinica. doi:10.1111/j.1755-6724.2009.00023.x.

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