Auroraceratops was discovered by the Fossil , Research and Development Center of the Third Geology and Mineral Resources Exploration Academy of Gansu Province. The morphology of the new specimen differs greatly from that of Archaeoceratops, which was recovered from the same basin, and represents a new genus and species.A. rugosus is represented by a nearly complete skull and low jaws, and different greatly from all other neoceratopsians by its considerable breadth of the nasals, fungiform expansion of the dorsal end of the lacrimal, highly developed rugosity of the jugal, dentary and surangular, and inflated, striated premaxillary teeth. The finding of Auroraceratops adds diversity and helps elucidate the evolution of basal neoceratopsian dinosaurs

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