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Ceratopsidae

Agujaceratops mariscalensis

"horned face from Aguja"

Generic ceratopsian body-plan outline
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Agujaceratops 4.3 m (14.1 ft) long
as long as 3 people standing fingertip to fingertip
generic ceratopsian body plan, scaled to length — not a silhouette of Agujaceratops
Length
4.3 m (14.1 ft)
Period
Late Cretaceous (77 Mya)
Food
Herbivore
Clade
Ceratopsidae Dinosauria Ornithischia Cerapoda Marginocephalia Big horned ceratopsians of the Late Cretaceous.

Agujaceratops (meaning “horned face from Aguja”) is a genus of chasmosaurine ceratopsid dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous (Campanian) of western Texas. Two species are known: A. mariscalensis and A. mavericus, both recovered from the Aguja Formation.

What we know

  • Named by Lucas, Sullivan & Hunt, 2006.
  • Body length estimated at about 4.3 m.

What we guess

The reconstruction notes for Agujaceratops — soft tissue, color, behavior — haven't been written up yet. Only the recorded basics above are filled in so far.