Agujaceratops
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.
| Agujaceratops Temporal range: Late Cretaceous, | |
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Dinosauria |
| Order: | †Ornithischia |
| Family: | †Ceratopsidae |
| Subfamily: | †Chasmosaurinae |
| Genus: | †Agujaceratops Lucas, Sullivan & Hunt, 2006 |
| Type species | |
| †Agujaceratops mariscalensis (Lehman, 1989) | |
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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.
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