Agujaceratops facts for kids
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Dinosauria |
| Order: | †Ornithischia |
| Family: | †Ceratopsidae |
| Subfamily: | †Chasmosaurinae |
| Genus: | †Agujaceratops Lucas, Sullivan & Hunt, 2006 |
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| †Agujaceratops mariscalensis (Lehman, 1989)
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Agujaceratops (meaning "horned face from Aguja") is a chasmosaurine ceratopsid known from two species, A. mariscalensis (Lehman, 1989) and A. mavericus (Lehman et al., 2016), both discovered in Aguja, Texas.
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History of discovery
Agujaceratops mariscalensis
The type species, A. mariscalensis, was first discovered in 1938, when three bonebeds was discovered and excavated by William Strain. The material was described, studied and named in 1989.
Agujaceratops mavericus
A. mavericus was described, studied and named in 2016.
Images for kids
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Restoration of Agujaceratops mariscalensis
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Size comparison of Agujaceratops mariscalensis to a human
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Juvenile Agujaceratops skeleton as reproduced by Triebold Paleontology in Woodland Park, Colorado, USA
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Agujaceratops mariscalensis brow horn
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Agujaceratops mariscalensis squamosal
See also
In Spanish: Agujaceratops para niños
