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horned dinosaur
Agujaceratops
Say it like this: “ah-GOO-ja-SEH-ruh-tops”
Agujaceratops mariscalensis
Agujaceratops ate plants and walked on four legs. It lived in the Late Cretaceous. Bones have been found in the United States.
- When
- Late Cretaceous (Campanian) · roughly 83.6 to 72.2 million years ago
- Named in
- 2006 · Lucas, S. G.; Sullivan, R. M.; Hunt, A. P.
- Hip height
- 1.8 m · 6 ft
- Length
- 4.3 m · 14 ft
- Weight
- 1.5 tonnes
- Found in
- the United States · Aguja
- Food and walking
- Herbivore · Four legs
- Kind
- horned dinosaur · Ceratopsian
- Family branch
- Chasmosaurinae
The story in short
Agujaceratops was formally named in 2006 by S. G. Lucas and colleagues. The name means “horned face from Aguja.”
It lived in the Late Cretaceous (Campanian), roughly 83.6 to 72.2 million years ago. Finds come from the United States, including the Aguja Formation. It was a herbivore and walked on four legs.
Published estimates put Agujaceratops at a length near 4.3 m, hips about 1.8 m high, and a body mass around 1.5 tonnes.
On the family tree it sits in Chasmosaurinae, among the horned dinosaurs.
This entry is the whole genus. The type species is Agujaceratops mariscalensis. Other named species include Agujaceratops mavericus.
Other species with this name
- Agujaceratops mariscalensis
- Agujaceratops mavericus
Close relatives
Anchiceratops
Anchiceratops ornatus
Late Cretaceous (Campanian · Maastrichtian) · roughly 83.6 to 66 million years ago
Arrhinoceratops
Arrhinoceratops brachyops
Late Cretaceous (Campanian · Maastrichtian) · roughly 83.6 to 66 million years ago
Bisticeratops
Bisticeratops froeseorum
Late Cretaceous (Campanian) · roughly 83.6 to 72.2 million years ago