Coahuilaceratops

Say it like this: “co-wah-WEE-lah-SEH-ruh-tops”

Coahuilaceratops magnacuerna

Coahuilaceratops ate plants and walked on four legs. It lived in the Late Cretaceous. Bones have been found in Mexico.

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When: Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) · roughly 72.2 to 66 million years ago
Named in: 2010 · Loewen, M. A.; Sampson, S. D.; Lund, E. K.; Farke, A. A.; Aguillón-Martínez, M. C.; de Leon, C. A.; Rodríguez-de la Rosa, R. A.; Getty, M. A.; Eberth, D. A.
Hip height: 1.8–2.1 m · 6–7 ft
Length: 4–6.7 m · 13–22 ft
Weight: 1–5 tonnes
Found in: Mexico · Cerro del Pueblo
Food and walking: Herbivore · Four legs
Kind: horned dinosaur · Ceratopsian
Family branch: Chasmosaurinae

The story in short

In 2010, M. A. Loewen and colleagues published the name Coahuilaceratops. The name means “horned face from Coahuila.”

It lived in the Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian), roughly 72.2 to 66 million years ago. Finds come from Mexico, including the Cerro del Pueblo Formation. It was a herbivore and walked on four legs.

Published estimates put Coahuilaceratops at a length near 4–6.7 m, hips about 1.8–2.1 m high, and a body mass around 1–5 tonnes.

On the family tree it sits in Chasmosaurinae, among the horned dinosaurs.

Close relatives

Agujaceratops

Agujaceratops mariscalensis

Late Cretaceous (Campanian) · roughly 83.6 to 72.2 million years ago

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