Back Hualianceratops Czech Hualianceratops wucaiwanensis Spanish Hualianceratops French הואליאנצרטופס HE Hualianceratops Italian Hualianceratops Dutch Hualianceratops Polish Hualianceratops Ukrainian 花脸角龙属 Chinese
| Hualianceratops Temporal range: Late Jurassic,
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| Skull reconstruction with the preserved parts in grey | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Dinosauria |
| Clade: | †Ornithischia |
| Clade: | †Neornithischia |
| Clade: | †Ceratopsia |
| Family: | †Chaoyangsauridae |
| Genus: | †Hualianceratops Han et al., 2015 |
| Species: | †H. wucaiwanensis
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| Binomial name | |
| †Hualianceratops wucaiwanensis Han et al., 2015
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Hualianceratops is a genus of herbivorous ceratopsian dinosaur that lived about 160 million years ago in the Late Jurassic epoch in what is now western China. The single species, H. wucaiwanensis was described in 2015.[1][2] Its size has been compared to that of a spaniel.[3]
- ^ Han, Fenglu; Forster, Catherine A.; Clark, James M.; Xu, Xing (9 December 2015). "A New Taxon of Basal Ceratopsian from China and the Early Evolution of Ceratopsia". PLOS One. 10 (12): e0143369. Bibcode:2015PLoSO..1043369H. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0143369. PMC 4674058. PMID 26649770.
- ^ Bhanoo, Sindya A. (11 December 2015). "Paleontologists Discover a Poor Cousin to Triceratops". The New York Times. Retrieved 11 December 2015.
- ^ "Scientists announce discovery of Hualianceratops, spaniel-sized dinosaur". The Daily Telegraph. Reuters. 10 December 2015. Retrieved 12 December 2015.