Achelousaurus Sampson, 1995
a.k.a Achelosaurus
Achelousaurus Sampson, 1995
(J. Vertebr. Paleontol. 15 (4), 27 December: 745
NcZ) "Achelous lizard"
ak-e-LOH-uh-SAWR-us (Achelous (Gr. Akheloos), a mythical river god
+ Gr. sauros "lizard")
(m) named for Achelous, a river god in Greek and Roman mythology who could change shape at will.
He transformed himself into a bull to fight Hercules, who defeated Achelous by tearing off one
of his horns. The name alludes to the way a large hornless dinosaur evolved from earlier horned
ancestors, and the way the animal appears to be a kind of shape changer, since it combines
the frill of Einiosaurus with the nasal bosses of Pachyrhinosaurus, two closely
related genera. Ceratopsia Ceratopsidae Centrosaurinae L. Cret. NA.
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