CHAOYANGSAURUS : DinoChecker dinosaur archive
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VERIFY:length_max_m: stored=1.3 suggested=1 confidence=medium — Sources compiling the holotype material (IGCAGS V371, a partial skull and fragmentary skeleton) give an estimated maximum length of about 1 m, and describe the animal as 'at less than one metre long'; Paul (2010) likewise estimated roughly 1 m (3.3 ft), so a 1.3 m upper bound is not supported.
Öppna källa ↗CHAOYANGSAURUS : DinoChecker dinosaur archive
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VERIFY:weight_max_kg: stored=20 suggested=8 confidence=medium — Published mass estimates for Chaoyangsaurus cluster at the low end: Paul (2010) estimated about 6 kg (13.2 lb) and compilations of the holotype give an estimated maximum of about 8 kg, so a 20 kg upper bound is roughly triple the supported figure.
Öppna källa ↗The earliest ceratopsian from the Tuchengzi Formation of Liaoning, China
Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology (Zhao, Xu & Sereno, 1999)
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Original description of Chaoyangsaurus youngi, establishing its placement as a basal ceratopsian within Marginocephalia (Ornithischia).
Öppna källa ↗PBDB Taxon — Chaoyangsaurus youngi
Paleobiology Database
Granskad: 2026-09-10
Lists the recorded fossil occurrence, locality in western Liaoning, China, and the stratigraphic (Tithonian, Tuchengzi Formation) range of the species.
Öppna källa ↗Hints of the Early Jehol Biota: Important Dinosaur Footprint Assemblages from the Jurassic–Cretaceous Boundary Tuchengzi Formation in Beijing, China
PLOS ONE
Granskad: 2026-09-10
Documents the sedimentary setting and terrestrial palaeoenvironment of the Tuchengzi Formation, the unit that yielded Chaoyangsaurus.
Öppna källa ↗Jaw Mechanics in Basal Ceratopsia (Ornithischia, Dinosauria)
The Anatomical Record (Tanoue, Grandstaff, You & Dodson, 2009)
Granskad: 2026-09-10
Analyses the jaws and dentition of basal ceratopsians including Chaoyangsaurus, supporting a herbivorous, plant-cropping feeding mode.
Öppna källa ↗Stratigraphy, correlation, depositional environments, and cyclicity of the Early Cretaceous Yixian and ?Jurassic–Cretaceous Tuchengzi formations in the Sihetun area (NE China) based on three continuous cores
Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology (Elsevier)
Granskad: 2026-09-10
Extinct taxon; conservation status NE
Öppna källa ↗Chaoyangsaurus — Dino Directory
Natural History Museum, London
Granskad: 2026-09-10
General authoritative overview of Chaoyangsaurus covering its size, age, classification and Asian distribution.
Öppna källa ↗Chaoyangsaurus — Dino Directory
Natural History Museum, London
Granskad: 2026-09-10
General authoritative overview of Chaoyangsaurus covering its size, age, classification and Asian distribution.
Öppna källa ↗Chaoyangsaurus — Dino Directory
Natural History Museum, London
Granskad: 2026-09-10
General authoritative overview of Chaoyangsaurus covering its size, age, classification and Asian distribution.
Öppna källa ↗Chaoyangsaurus — Dino Directory
Natural History Museum, London
Granskad: 2026-09-10
General authoritative overview of Chaoyangsaurus covering its size, age, classification and Asian distribution.
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