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Agathaumas
Temporal range: Late Cretaceous, 66Ma
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Agathaumas sylvestris.jpg
Illustration of the vertebrae and sacrum
Scientific classification
Genus:
Agathaumas
Species:
sylvestris

Agathaumas ("great wonder") is a dubious genus of a large ceratopsid dinosaur that lived in Wyoming during the Late Cretaceous (65 million years ago). The name comes from Greek, αγαν - 'much' and θαυμα - 'wonder'. It was seen as the largest land animal known at the time of its discovery and might be a synonym of Triceratops. It was related to Ceratops.

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  • Cope sketch Agathaumas

    Cope's 1890 sketch of Agathaumas as a ceratopsian based on Triceratops

  • Agathaumas

    Agathaumas sphenocerus by Charles R. Knight, 1897

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Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Agathaumas sylvestris para niños

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