Yehuecauhceratops

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Yehuecauhceratops 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 (Campanian) · roughly 83.6 to 72.2 million years ago
Named in: 2017 · Rivera-Sylva, H. E.; Frey, E.; Stinnesbeck, W.; Guzmán-Gutiérrez, J. R.; González-González, A. H.
Hip height: Not established
Length: 3 m · 10 ft
Weight: Not established
Found in: Mexico · Aguja
Food and walking: Herbivore · Four legs
Kind: horned dinosaur · Ceratopsian
Family branch: Centrosaurinae

The story in short

In 2017, H. E. Rivera-Sylva and colleagues published the name Yehuecauhceratops.

Fossils referred to Yehuecauhceratops date to the Late Cretaceous (Campanian), roughly 83.6 to 72.2 million years ago. Finds come from Mexico, including the Aguja Formation. It was a herbivore and walked on four legs.

Published estimates put Yehuecauhceratops at a length near 3 m.

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

Close relatives

Achelousaurus

Achelousaurus horneri

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

Albertaceratops

Albertaceratops nesmoi

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

Avaceratops

Avaceratops lammersi

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