Genus
Valid Extinct

Agujaceratops

Aguja horned face
Lucas et al. 2006
Etymology Tête cornue d'Aguja

Agujaceratops 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.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
16
Group
Dinosaures
Herbivore Ground dwelling Terrestrial
Agujaceratops
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The skull of a Chasmosaurus mariscalensis, on display at the Texas Memorial Museum. Chasmosaurus was a Cretaceous ceratopsian of North America. This specimen was discovered in Brewster County, Texas. © RABaker96 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia
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Classification
Dinosauria Unranked clade
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Ornithischia Unranked clade
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Neornithischia Unranked clade
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Pyrodontia Unranked clade
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Cerapoda Unranked clade
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Marginocephalia Unranked clade
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Ceratopsia Suborder
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Ceratopsidae Family
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Chasmosaurinae Subfamily
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Agujaceratops Genus
Measurements
Length
5 m ⓘ
Agujaceratops mavericus — min connu
5,7 m ⓘ
Agujaceratops mariscalensis — max connu
Mass
1 500 kg ⓘ
Agujaceratops mavericus — min connu
2 200 kg ⓘ
Agujaceratops mariscalensis — max connu
Fossil sites 16 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇺🇸 United States
14
🇲🇽 Mexico
2
Geological formations
Aguja
16
Temporal distribution
Campanian (83.6–72.2 Ma)
16
Species (2)
Agujaceratops mariscalensis 84 Ma
Agujaceratops mavericus 84 Ma
Images 1
Bibliography
Original description
S. G. Lucas, R. M. Sullivan, and A. P. Hunt. 2006. Re-evaluation of Pentaceratops and Chasmosaurus (Ornithischia: Ceratopsidae) in the Upper Cretaceous of the Western Interior. Late Cretaceous Vertebrates from the Western Interior. New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 35:367-370
Bibliography (7)
T. M. Lehman, S. L. Wick, and K. R. Barnes. 2017. New specimens of horned dinosaurs from the Aguja Formation of West Texas, and a revision of Agujaceratops. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 15(8):641–674 DOI ↗
N. R. Longrich, J. Sankey, and D. Tanke. 2010. Texacephale langstoni, a new genus of pachycephalosaurid (Dinosauria: Ornithischia) from the upper Campanian Aguja Formation, southern Texas, USA. Cretaceous Research 31:274-284 DOI ↗
P. Andrade-Ramos and M. Montellano-Ballesteros. 2002. A Late Cretaceous association from Altares, Chihuahua state, Mexico. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 22(3 (suppl.)):32A
J. Westgate, J. Pittman, and R. B. Brown, D. Cope. 2002. Continued excavation of the first dinosaur community from Chihuahua, Mexico. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 22(3 (suppl.)):118A
T. M. Lehman. 1996. A horned dinosaur from the El Picacho Formation of West Texas, and review of ceratopsian dinosaurs from the American Southwest. Journal of Paleontology 70(3):494-508 DOI ↗
T. M. Lehman. 1989. Chasmosaurus mariscalensis, sp. nov., a new ceratopsian dinosaur from Texas. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 9(2):137-162 DOI ↗
T. M. Lehman. 1982. A ceratopsian bone bed from the Aguja Formation (Upper Cretaceous) Big Bend National Park, Texas.