Dinosaurs · Ceratopsian

Liaoceratops

Say it lyow-serra-tops. The name means ‘Liaoning horned face’.

No length given in the museum's record.

The museum gives no length for this dinosaur, so we cannot draw it to scale.Body shape drawn for this site, showing the general build of ceratopsians

Diet: Plant-eater
When: Early Cretaceous127 to 121 million years ago
Fossils found in: China
Named by: Xu, Makovicky, Wang, Norell and You (2002)
Family tree: Dinosauria › Ornithischia › Ceratopsia › Neoceratopsia

Where Liaoceratops sits in the age of dinosaurs.Periods from the ICS chart; dinosaur dates from the Natural History Museum

Ceratopsians. Horned and frilled plant-eaters, such as Triceratops. See all 29

Lived at the same time

Beipiaosaurus · same country
Confuciusornis · same country
Equijubus · same country
Jinzhousaurus · same country
Sinovenator · same country
Caudipteryx · same country
Sinosauropteryx · same country
Protarchaeopteryx · same country

Other ceratopsians

Stenopelix Early Cretaceous
Archaeoceratops Early Cretaceous
Psittacosaurus Early Cretaceous
Aquilops Early Cretaceous
Chaoyangsaurus Late Jurassic
Graciliceratops Late Cretaceous
Yinlong Mid Jurassic
Zuniceratops Late Cretaceous

Source: Liaoceratops in the Natural History Museum Dino Directory, read 12 November 2026. Sizes are the museum's estimates for a typical adult. "Lived at the same time" lists dinosaurs whose dates overlap, which does not always mean they met.