Avaceratops

Avaceratops

Pronunciation:
ay-va-ker-ah-tops
Name meaning:
'Ava's horned face'
Avaceratops
ceratopsian silhouette
Type of dinosaur:
ceratopsian
Length:
2.3m
Diet:
herbivorous herbivorous food icon
When it lived:
Late Cretaceous, 80-75 million years ago
Found in:
USA

Taxonomic details

Taxonomy:
Dinosauria, Ornithischia, Neornithischia, Cerapoda, Marginocephalia, Ceratopsia, Neoceratopsia, Coronosauria, Ceratopsidae, Centrosaurinae
Named by:
Dodson (1986)
Type species:
lammersi

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